#68a6ee

Color #68a6ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#68a6ee

RGB

rgb(104, 166, 238)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 79.8%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 56.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(66.81, 0.65, -42.14)

LCH

lch(66.81, 42.15, 270.88)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.124, 253.17)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 40.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb068

Analogous

#68e9ee

#68a6ee

#6d68ee

Triadic

#68a6ee

#ee68a6

#a6ee68

Split-complementary

#68a6ee

#ee6d68

#e9ee68

Tetradic

#68a6ee

#b068ee

#eeb068

#a6ee68

Square

#68a6ee

#ee68e9

#eeb068

#68ee6d

Shades

Color #68a6ee mixed toward black.

#3588e8

#176bcd

#11519a

#0c3667

#061b33

Tints

Color #68a6ee mixed toward white.

#81b5f1

#9ac4f4

#b4d3f7

#cde1f9

#e6f0fc

Tones

Color #68a6ee mixed toward gray.

#73a7e3

#7ea8d8

#8aa9cd

#95a9c1

#a0aab6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788df · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#847fdc · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#6cd3d0 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #68a6ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68a6ee]

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Frequently asked questions

#68a6ee (#68a6ee) is rgb(104, 166, 238) in RGB.

No, #68a6ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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