#68a8b1

Color #68a8b1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#68a8b1

RGB

rgb(104, 168, 177)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 31.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 41.2%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(65.06, -18.11, -11.09)

LCH

lch(65.06, 21.24, 211.48)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0669, 207.14)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 40.8%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b17168

Analogous

#68b196

#68a8b1

#6883b1

Triadic

#68a8b1

#b168a8

#a8b168

Split-complementary

#68a8b1

#b16883

#b19668

Tetradic

#68a8b1

#7168b1

#b17168

#a8b168

Square

#68a8b1

#9668b1

#b17168

#83b168

Shades

Color #68a8b1 mixed toward black.

#50919a

#40747c

#30575d

#203a3e

#101d1f

Tints

Color #68a8b1 mixed toward white.

#81b7be

#9ac5cb

#b3d4d8

#cde2e5

#e6f1f2

Tones

Color #68a8b1 mixed toward gray.

#6ea3ab

#749fa5

#7a9a9f

#809699

#869193

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8889af · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#8580ae · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#6cadad · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68a8b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a8b1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#68a8b1 (#68a8b1) is rgb(104, 168, 177) in RGB.

No, #68a8b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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