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#68CBBD

#68cbbd ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68cbbd is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 79.61% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.9% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 171.52°, with 48.77% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.43.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4933

Complementary

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #cb6876

Split complementary

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #cb68a8
  3. #cb8c68

Analogous

  1. #68cb8c
  2. #68cbbd
  3. #68a8cb

Triadic

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #bd68cb
  3. #cbbd68

Tetradic

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #6876cb
  3. #cb6876
  4. #cbbd68

Square

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #8c68cb
  3. #cb6876
  4. #a8cb68

Monochromatic

  1. #277368
  2. #3bab9c
  3. #68cbbd
  4. #a1dfd6
  5. #daf2ef

Shades

#68cbbd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #5eb7aa
  3. #53a297
  4. #498e84
  5. #3e7a71
  6. #34665f
  7. #2a514c
  8. #1f3d39
  9. #152926
  10. #0a1413
  11. #000000

Tints

#68cbbd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #77d0c4
  3. #86d5ca
  4. #95dbd1
  5. #a4e0d7
  6. #b4e5de
  7. #c3eae5
  8. #d2efeb
  9. #e1f5f2
  10. #f0faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68cbbd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68cbbd
  2. #6ac4b7
  3. #6dbcb1
  4. #6fb5ab
  5. #72ada5
  6. #74a69f
  7. #769e98
  8. #799792
  9. #7b8f8c
  10. #7e8886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0c1bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3c1bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b5be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #36cec7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6c5bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9abebe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4fcdc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68cbbd {
  color: #68cbbd;
}
Background
.bg-68cbbd {
  background-color: #68cbbd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68cbbd {
  border: 2px solid #68cbbd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68cbbd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 203 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 49% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68cbbd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68cbbd, #68a8cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68cbbd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 203 189 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.43 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.90 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.60 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.76 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.19 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.33 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.44 #973442 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#68cbbd  rgb(104, 203, 189)  hsl(172, 49%, 60%)  Medium Turquoise
#cb6876  rgb(203, 104, 118)  hsl(352, 49%, 60%)  Rose Gold
#bd68cb  rgb(189, 104, 203)  hsl(292, 49%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#cbbd68  rgb(203, 189, 104)  hsl(52, 49%, 60%)  Vegas Gold