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#68B2C0

#68b2c0 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68b2c0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 69.8% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.83% cyan, 7.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 189.55°, with 41.12% saturation and 58.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.71.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3859

Complementary

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #c07668

Split complementary

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #c06886
  3. #c0a268

Analogous

  1. #68c0a2
  2. #68b2c0
  3. #6886c0

Triadic

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #c068b2
  3. #b2c068

Tetradic

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #7668c0
  3. #c07668
  4. #b2c068

Square

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #a268c0
  3. #c07668
  4. #86c068

Monochromatic

  1. #2a5c65
  2. #418d9b
  3. #68b2c0
  4. #9eced7
  5. #d4e9ed

Shades

#68b2c0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #5ea0ad
  3. #538e9a
  4. #497d86
  5. #3e6b73
  6. #345960
  7. #2a474d
  8. #1f353a
  9. #152426
  10. #0a1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#68b2c0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #77bac6
  3. #86c1cd
  4. #95c9d3
  5. #a4d1d9
  6. #b4d9e0
  7. #c3e0e6
  8. #d2e8ec
  9. #e1f0f2
  10. #f0f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68b2c0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68b2c0
  2. #6aadba
  3. #6da8b3
  4. #6fa3ad
  5. #729ea6
  6. #7499a0
  7. #76949a
  8. #798f93
  9. #7b8a8d
  10. #7e8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92abb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6adc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a2c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3cb8b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91afc1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87a9c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51b6ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68b2c0 {
  color: #68b2c0;
}
Background
.bg-68b2c0 {
  background-color: #68b2c0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68b2c0 {
  border: 2px solid #68b2c0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68b2c0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 178 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 41% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68b2c0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68b2c0, #6886c0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68b2c0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 178 192 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.71 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.60 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.34 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.64 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.75 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.88 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.06 #974d3f Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#68b2c0  rgb(104, 178, 192)  hsl(190, 41%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#c07668  rgb(192, 118, 104)  hsl(10, 41%, 58%)  Old Rose
#c068b2  rgb(192, 104, 178)  hsl(310, 41%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#b2c068  rgb(178, 192, 104)  hsl(70, 41%, 58%)  Dark Khaki