#68a9ae

Color #68a9ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.46 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#68a9ae

RGB

rgb(104, 169, 174)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 30.2%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 40.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.26, -19.41, -9.12)

LCH

lch(65.26, 21.45, 205.17)

OKLCH

oklch(69.3%, 0.0669, 201.96)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 40.8%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae6d68

Analogous

#68ae90

#68a9ae

#6886ae

Triadic

#68a9ae

#ae68a9

#a9ae68

Split-complementary

#68a9ae

#ae6886

#ae9068

Tetradic

#68a9ae

#6d68ae

#ae6d68

#a9ae68

Square

#68a9ae

#9068ae

#ae6d68

#86ae68

Shades

Color #68a9ae mixed toward black.

#519297

#417579

#31575a

#203a3c

#101d1e

Tints

Color #68a9ae mixed toward white.

#81b7bc

#9ac6c9

#b3d4d7

#cde2e4

#e6f1f2

Tones

Color #68a9ae mixed toward gray.

#6ea4a8

#749fa2

#799a9c

#7f9597

#859091

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aad · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#8580ad · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#6cacac · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68a9ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a9ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#68a9ae (#68a9ae) is rgb(104, 169, 174) in RGB.

No, #68a9ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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