#70A4E8#70A4E8

#70A4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70A4E8
RGB	rgb(112, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 1.64, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 39.53, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0286 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.115 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5180, 35.8192, 81.4231)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70A4E8 #E8B470

analogous

#70E0E8 #70A4E8 #7870E8

triadic

#70A4E8 #E870A4 #A4E870

tetradic

#70A4E8 #E870E0 #E8B470 #70E878

square

#70A4E8 #E870E0 #E8B470 #70E878

split-complementary

#70A4E8 #E87870 #E0E870

monochromatic

#1F64BF #3B82E0 #70A4E8 #A5C6F0 #D9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#70A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#70A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70A4E8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70A4E8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0beef',
    500: '#70a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70a4e8;
$custom-light: #a0beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70A4E8

secondary

#EDDCC7

accent

#8011D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #70A4E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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