#68bad3

Color #68bad3

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#68bad3

RGB

rgb(104, 186, 211)

HSL

hsl(194, 54.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194, 50.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(71.39, -18.24, -20.3)

LCH

lch(71.39, 27.29, 228.06)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0877, 219.86)

HWB

hwb(194, 40.8%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d38168

Analogous

#68d3b7

#68bad3

#6885d3

Triadic

#68bad3

#d368ba

#bad368

Split-complementary

#68bad3

#d36885

#d3b768

Tetradic

#68bad3

#8168d3

#d38168

#bad368

Square

#68bad3

#b768d3

#d38168

#85d368

Shades

Color #68bad3 mixed toward black.

#3fa8c7

#2f88a3

#24667a

#184451

#0c2229

Tints

Color #68bad3 mixed toward white.

#81c6da

#9ad1e2

#b4dde9

#cde8f0

#e6f4f8

Tones

Color #68bad3 mixed toward gray.

#71b5ca

#7ab1c1

#83acb8

#8ca7af

#95a2a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394cd · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#8e87cc · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#6ec9c8 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #68bad3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68bad3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#68bad3 (#68bad3) is rgb(104, 186, 211) in RGB.

No, #68bad3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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