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#68C5E7

#68c5e7 ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68c5e7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 77.25% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.98% cyan, 14.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 196.06°, with 72.57% saturation and 65.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.4865

Complementary

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #e78a68

Split complementary

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #e76886
  3. #e7c968

Analogous

  1. #68e7c9
  2. #68c5e7
  3. #6886e7

Triadic

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #e768c5
  3. #c5e768

Tetradic

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #8a68e7
  3. #e78a68
  4. #c5e768

Square

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #c968e7
  3. #e78a68
  4. #86e768

Monochromatic

  1. #197a9d
  2. #26acdd
  3. #68c5e7
  4. #aadef1
  5. #ecf8fc

Shades

#68c5e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #5eb1d0
  3. #539eb9
  4. #498aa2
  5. #3e768b
  6. #346374
  7. #2a4f5c
  8. #1f3b45
  9. #15272e
  10. #0a1417
  11. #000000

Tints

#68c5e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #77cbe9
  3. #86d1ec
  4. #95d6ee
  5. #a4dcf1
  6. #b4e2f3
  7. #c3e8f5
  8. #d2eef8
  9. #e1f3fa
  10. #f0f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68c5e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68c5e7
  2. #6abedd
  3. #6db7d2
  4. #6fb0c8
  5. #72a9be
  6. #74a3b4
  7. #769ca9
  8. #79959f
  9. #7b8e95
  10. #7e878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fbecd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c1e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b3e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfd0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac3e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dbbe7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ecbd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68c5e7 {
  color: #68c5e7;
}
Background
.bg-68c5e7 {
  background-color: #68c5e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68c5e7 {
  border: 2px solid #68c5e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68c5e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 197 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 73% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68c5e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68c5e7, #6886e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68c5e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 197 231 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.70 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.20 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.86 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.26 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.92 #973a18 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#68c5e7  rgb(104, 197, 231)  hsl(196, 73%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#e78a68  rgb(231, 138, 104)  hsl(16, 73%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#e768c5  rgb(231, 104, 197)  hsl(316, 73%, 66%)  Rose Pink
#c5e768  rgb(197, 231, 104)  hsl(76, 73%, 66%)  June Bud