#68caf1

Color #68caf1

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 7.61 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#68caf1

RGB

rgb(104, 202, 241)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 83%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 56.8%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(77, -17.92, -27.98)

LCH

lch(77, 33.23, 237.36)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.1073, 226.55)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 40.8%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f18f68

Analogous

#68f1d3

#68caf1

#6885f1

Triadic

#68caf1

#f168ca

#caf168

Split-complementary

#68caf1

#f16885

#f1d368

Tetradic

#68caf1

#8f68f1

#f18f68

#caf168

Square

#68caf1

#d368f1

#f18f68

#85f168

Shades

Color #68caf1 mixed toward black.

#33b7ec

#149cd2

#0f759e

#0a4e69

#052735

Tints

Color #68caf1 mixed toward white.

#81d3f3

#9adcf6

#b3e4f8

#cdedfa

#e6f6fd

Tones

Color #68caf1 mixed toward gray.

#73c5e6

#7fc0da

#8abbcf

#96b6c3

#a1b1b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9de8 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#978fe6 · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#70e1e0 · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68caf1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68caf1]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#68caf1 (#68caf1) is rgb(104, 202, 241) in RGB.

No, #68caf1 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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