#68969C

Closest named color: Cadet Blue (#5F9EA0). oklch(64.2% 0.05 206.2), rgb(104, 150, 156).

Black text reads best on this color (6.43:1).

About this color

#68969C is a medium-light, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 64%, its chroma 0.050 and its hue 206°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Cadet Blue (#5F9EA0), ΔE 0.023 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.43:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-light (64%)
Chroma	muted (0.050)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Cadet Blue (#5F9EA0)
Black text	6.43:1
White text	3.26:1

Values

HEX	#68969C
RGB	rgb(104, 150, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 21%, 51%)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.05 206.2)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #68969C	3.26:1	AA large text	Lc -65.4	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #68969C	6.43:1	AA	Lc 44.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#68969C text on white	3.26:1	AA large text	Lc 59.9	Large or bold text, headings
#68969C text on black	6.43:1	AA	Lc -41.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F3F6F6

oklch(97.1% 0.003 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E5EBEC

oklch(93.6% 0.007 208.8)
Step 200
200

#CFDCDD

oklch(88.5% 0.014 202.4)
Step 300
300

#AFC5C8

oklch(80.8% 0.024 206.6)
Step 400
400

#84A8AD

oklch(70.7% 0.04 206.8)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#68969C

oklch(64.2% 0.05 206.2)
Step 600
600

#4B7D83

oklch(55.7% 0.055 205.5)
Step 700
700

#3B696F

oklch(49% 0.051 206.4)
Step 800
800

#32565A

oklch(42.8% 0.042 204.8)
Step 900
900

#2C474A

oklch(37.8% 0.033 204.7)
Step 950
950

#1A292B

oklch(26.8% 0.021 206.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#68969C with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8F929C	0.050
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#868B9C	0.047
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#559A98	0.024
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8E8E8E	0.051