#68bdc7

Color #68bdc7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#68bdc7

RGB

rgb(104, 189, 199)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 45.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 47.7%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.7%, 5%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(71.87, -23.06, -13.03)

LCH

lch(71.87, 26.49, 209.47)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0836, 205.43)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 40.8%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c77268

Analogous

#68c7a1

#68bdc7

#688dc7

Triadic

#68bdc7

#c768bd

#bdc768

Split-complementary

#68bdc7

#c7688d

#c7a168

Tetradic

#68bdc7

#7268c7

#c77268

#bdc768

Square

#68bdc7

#a168c7

#c77268

#8dc768

Shades

Color #68bdc7 mixed toward black.

#44acb8

#378a93

#29676e

#1b454a

#0e2225

Tints

Color #68bdc7 mixed toward white.

#81c8d0

#9ad3da

#b3dee3

#cde9ec

#e6f4f6

Tones

Color #68bdc7 mixed toward gray.

#70b7bf

#78b0b7

#80aaaf

#88a4a7

#909e9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595c5 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#9089c4 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#6ec3c2 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68bdc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68bdc7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#68bdc7 (#68bdc7) is rgb(104, 189, 199) in RGB.

No, #68bdc7 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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