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#68D8D9

#68d8d9 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68d8d9 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 84.71% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.07% cyan, 0.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 180.53°, with 59.79% saturation and 62.94% 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 12.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.79.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5706

Complementary

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #d96968

Split complementary

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #d9689f
  3. #d9a168

Analogous

  1. #68d9a1
  2. #68d8d9
  3. #689fd9

Triadic

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #d968d8
  3. #d8d968

Tetradic

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #6968d9
  3. #d96968
  4. #d8d968

Square

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #a168d9
  3. #d96968
  4. #9fd968

Monochromatic

  1. #228586
  2. #31c2c3
  3. #68d8d9
  4. #a5e8e8
  5. #e2f8f8

Shades

#68d8d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #5ec2c3
  3. #53adae
  4. #499798
  5. #3e8282
  6. #346c6d
  7. #2a5657
  8. #1f4141
  9. #152b2b
  10. #0a1616
  11. #000000

Tints

#68d8d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #77dcdd
  3. #86e0e1
  4. #95e4e4
  5. #a4e8e8
  6. #b4ecec
  7. #c3eff0
  8. #d2f3f4
  9. #e1f7f7
  10. #f0fbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68d8d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68d8d9
  2. #6acfd0
  3. #6dc6c7
  4. #6fbebe
  5. #72b5b5
  6. #74acad
  7. #76a3a4
  8. #799a9b
  9. #7b9292
  10. #7e8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9cece ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cccfd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c1da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #add3d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fcbda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #41dcd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68d8d9 {
  color: #68d8d9;
}
Background
.bg-68d8d9 {
  background-color: #68d8d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68d8d9 {
  border: 2px solid #68d8d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68d8d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 216 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 60% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68d8d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68d8d9, #689fd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68d8d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 216 217 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.79 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.87 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.35 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.79 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.89 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.54 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.74 #972726 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#68d8d9  rgb(104, 216, 217)  hsl(181, 60%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#d96968  rgb(217, 105, 104)  hsl(1, 60%, 63%)  Indian Red
#d968d8  rgb(217, 104, 216)  hsl(301, 60%, 63%)  Orchid
#d8d968  rgb(216, 217, 104)  hsl(61, 60%, 63%)  Straw