#68a6af

Color #68a6af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#68a6af

RGB

rgb(104, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(187.6, 30.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.6, 40.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(64.41, -17.59, -10.94)

LCH

lch(64.41, 20.71, 211.88)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0653, 207.47)

HWB

hwb(187.6, 40.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af7168

Analogous

#68af94

#68a6af

#6883af

Triadic

#68a6af

#af68a6

#a6af68

Split-complementary

#68a6af

#af6883

#af9468

Tetradic

#68a6af

#7168af

#af7168

#a6af68

Square

#68a6af

#9468af

#af7168

#83af68

Shades

Color #68a6af mixed toward black.

#518f98

#40727a

#30565b

#20393d

#101d1e

Tints

Color #68a6af mixed toward white.

#81b5bc

#9ac4ca

#b4d2d7

#cde1e4

#e6f0f2

Tones

Color #68a6af mixed toward gray.

#6ea2a9

#749da3

#7a999d

#809497

#869091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788ad · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#847fac · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#6cabab · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68a6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a6af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#68a6af (#68a6af) is rgb(104, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #68a6af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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