#68c3cc

Color #68c3cc

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 13.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#68c3cc

RGB

rgb(104, 195, 204)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 49.5%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 49%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(49%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(73.76, -24.73, -12.91)

LCH

lch(73.76, 27.9, 207.57)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0878, 203.91)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 40.8%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc7168

Analogous

#68cca3

#68c3cc

#6891cc

Triadic

#68c3cc

#cc68c3

#c3cc68

Split-complementary

#68c3cc

#cc6891

#cca368

Tetradic

#68c3cc

#7168cc

#cc7168

#c3cc68

Square

#68c3cc

#a368cc

#cc7168

#91cc68

Shades

Color #68c3cc mixed toward black.

#42b4bf

#34909a

#276c73

#1a484d

#0d2426

Tints

Color #68c3cc mixed toward white.

#81cdd5

#9ad7dd

#b4e1e6

#cdebee

#e6f5f7

Tones

Color #68c3cc mixed toward gray.

#70bcc4

#79b5bb

#81afb3

#89a8ab

#92a1a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899ca · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#938cc9 · ΔE 29.2

Tritanopia

#6fc8c8 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68c3cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68c3cc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#68c3cc (#68c3cc) is rgb(104, 195, 204) in RGB.

No, #68c3cc 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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