#68a4e9

Color #68a4e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#68a4e9

RGB

rgb(104, 164, 233)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 74.6%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 55.4%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(66.04, 0.23, -40.61)

LCH

lch(66.04, 40.61, 270.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.1196, 252.88)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 40.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ad68

Analogous

#68e5e9

#68a4e9

#6d68e9

Triadic

#68a4e9

#e968a4

#a4e968

Split-complementary

#68a4e9

#e96d68

#e5e968

Tetradic

#68a4e9

#ad68e9

#e9ad68

#a4e968

Square

#68a4e9

#e968e5

#e9ad68

#68e96d

Shades

Color #68a4e9 mixed toward black.

#3786e2

#1d6bc4

#155093

#0e3562

#071b31

Tints

Color #68a4e9 mixed toward white.

#81b3ed

#9ac2f0

#b4d2f4

#cde1f8

#e6f0fb

Tones

Color #68a4e9 mixed toward gray.

#73a5de

#7ea6d4

#88a6c9

#93a7be

#9ea8b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687db · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#837ed7 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#6ccfcc · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68a4e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a4e9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#68a4e9 (#68a4e9) is rgb(104, 164, 233) in RGB.

No, #68a4e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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