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#68CEED — Light Vivid Teal

#68CEED is a teal color we call Light Vivid Teal, closest to the named color SkyBlue (#87CEEB). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: skyblue (#87CEEB) — not an exact match. CSS skyblue gives you #87CEEB, a different color; use #68CEED when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#68CEED is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ED8768; it also sits naturally between #68EDCA and #688CED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#68CEED · RGB 104, 206, 237

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Color values

HEX#68CEED
RGB104, 206, 237
HSL194°, 79%, 67%
HSV194°, 56%, 93%
CMYK56%, 13%, 0%, 7%
XYZ43.07, 53.20, 88.12
Yxy53.20, 0.2336, 0.2885
CIE-Lab77.99, -21.11, -24.32
Hunter Lab72.94, -18.64, -25.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 81% · Blue 93%

Cyan 56% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #68CEED on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #68CEED on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #68CEED

.text { color: #68CEED; }
.background { background-color: #68CEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #68CEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(104, 206, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(194, 79%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #68CEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(104, 206, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #68CEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(104, 206, 237, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#68CEED">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#68CEED">Div content here</div>

Shades of #68CEED

#4DC5EA#2DBBE6#1AAEDB#1698C0#1382A4#106984#0C5369#093E4E#05242E#020E12

Tints of #68CEED

#76D3EF#84D7F1#91DCF2#9FE0F4#ADE4F5#B6E7F6#C4ECF8#D1F0FA#DFF5FB#EDF9FD

Tones of #68CEED

#72C9E4#7CC4DA#85BFD1#8EBAC7#97B5BE#A2B0B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ED8768:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #68CEED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #68CEED

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #68CEED: ·

How #68CEED looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9495E5Deuteranopia · #8E87E4Tritanopia · #6DE0DE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind blue 500 · #3B82F6Material Blue 500 · #2196F3Bootstrap info · #0DCAF0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #68CEED rather than the exact color:

Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Misty Ruby Garden
#6EC8EA · #6E81E9 · #5E20B5 · #E049E2
Dreamy Ruby Orchard
#12BFD2 · #69C6F2 · #EB2A15 · #F4C3B4
Mellow Horizon
#125F83 · #6CD7EB · #E98C61 · #EEC3AE
Lucky Meadow
#1B78B4 · #60D0E7 · #E17A37 · #EBCDA6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#68D2E8#65D0F4#6EC8EA#69C6F2#6CD7EB#60D0E7#64C4ED#67C6E3#5CD2E6#5FD7E5#65DAF7#68BEF2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #68CEEC  ·  #68CEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #68CEED?

#68CEED is Light Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 104, 206, 237). Its closest standard named color is SkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #68CEED?

#68CEED is RGB 104, 206, 237 — HSL 194°, 79%, 67% — CMYK 56%, 13%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #68CEED?

Its complement is #ED8768; analogous partners are #68EDCA and #688CED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #68CEED for text?

Black text on #68CEED has a contrast ratio of 11.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.