#68d9ec

Color #68d9ec

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#68d9ec

RGB

rgb(104, 217, 236)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 77.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 55.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(81.08, -26.88, -19.09)

LCH

lch(81.08, 32.97, 215.38)

OKLCH

oklch(82.7%, 0.1057, 209.96)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 40.8%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ec7b68

Analogous

#68ecbd

#68d9ec

#6897ec

Triadic

#68d9ec

#ec68d9

#d9ec68

Split-complementary

#68d9ec

#ec6897

#ecbd68

Tetradic

#68d9ec

#7b68ec

#ec7b68

#d9ec68

Square

#68d9ec

#bd68ec

#ec7b68

#97ec68

Shades

Color #68d9ec mixed toward black.

#36cce6

#19b0c9

#138497

#0d5865

#062c32

Tints

Color #68d9ec mixed toward white.

#81dfef

#9ae6f2

#b4ecf5

#cdf2f9

#e6f9fc

Tones

Color #68d9ec mixed toward gray.

#73d1e1

#7ec9d6

#89c2cb

#94bac0

#9fb2b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7e8 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#9f96e7 · ΔE 30.5

Tritanopia

#71e4e3 · ΔE 7.5

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68d9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68d9ec]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#68d9ec (#68d9ec) is rgb(104, 217, 236) in RGB.

No, #68d9ec 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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