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#68CCFF

#68ccff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#68ccff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 80% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.22% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.26°, with 100% saturation and 70.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.5335

Complementary

  1. #68ccff
  2. #ff9b68

Split complementary

  1. #68ccff
  2. #ff6881
  3. #ffe668

Analogous

  1. #68ffe6
  2. #68ccff
  3. #6881ff

Triadic

  1. #68ccff
  2. #ff68cc
  3. #ccff68

Tetradic

  1. #68ccff
  2. #9b68ff
  3. #ff9b68
  4. #ccff68

Square

  1. #68ccff
  2. #e668ff
  3. #ff9b68
  4. #81ff68

Monochromatic

  1. #0088ce
  2. #1bb2ff
  3. #68ccff
  4. #b4e6ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#68ccff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68ccff
  2. #5eb8e6
  3. #53a3cc
  4. #498fb3
  5. #3e7a99
  6. #346680
  7. #2a5266
  8. #1f3d4d
  9. #152933
  10. #0a141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#68ccff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68ccff
  2. #77d1ff
  3. #86d6ff
  4. #95dbff
  5. #a4e0ff
  6. #b4e6ff
  7. #c3ebff
  8. #d2f0ff
  9. #e1f5ff
  10. #f0faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68ccff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68ccff
  2. #6ac4f2
  3. #6dbde6
  4. #6fb5d9
  5. #72aecc
  6. #74a6c0
  7. #769eb3
  8. #7997a6
  9. #7b8f99
  10. #7e888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5c6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ebafe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bcbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cc2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2bd4eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68ccff {
  color: #68ccff;
}
Background
.bg-68ccff {
  background-color: #68ccff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68ccff {
  border: 2px solid #68ccff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68ccff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 204 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68ccff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68ccff, #6881ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68ccff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 204 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.23 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.08 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.01 #973300 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#68ccff  rgb(104, 204, 255)  hsl(200, 100%, 70%)  Light Sky Blue
#ff9b68  rgb(255, 155, 104)  hsl(20, 100%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#ff68cc  rgb(255, 104, 204)  hsl(320, 100%, 70%)  Rose Pink
#ccff68  rgb(204, 255, 104)  hsl(80, 100%, 70%)  Inchworm