#68a8af

Color #68a8af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#68a8af

RGB

rgb(104, 168, 175)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 30.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 40.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65, -18.63, -10.07)

LCH

lch(65, 21.18, 208.39)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.0663, 204.59)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 40.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af6f68

Analogous

#68af92

#68a8af

#6885af

Triadic

#68a8af

#af68a8

#a8af68

Split-complementary

#68a8af

#af6885

#af9268

Tetradic

#68a8af

#6f68af

#af6f68

#a8af68

Square

#68a8af

#9268af

#af6f68

#85af68

Shades

Color #68a8af mixed toward black.

#519198

#40747a

#30575b

#203a3d

#101d1e

Tints

Color #68a8af mixed toward white.

#81b6bc

#9ac5ca

#b4d3d7

#cde2e4

#e6f0f2

Tones

Color #68a8af mixed toward gray.

#6ea3a9

#749ea3

#7a9a9d

#809597

#869091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889ad · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#8580ad · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#6cacac · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68a8af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a8af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#68a8af (#68a8af) is rgb(104, 168, 175) in RGB.

No, #68a8af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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