#70A4E9#70A4E9

#70A4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70A4E9
RGB	rgb(112, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(214, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 1.94, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 40.02, 272.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0283 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.116 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6605, 35.8762, 82.1733)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70A4E9 #E9B570

analogous

#70E0E9 #70A4E9 #7970E9

triadic

#70A4E9 #E970A4 #A4E970

tetradic

#70A4E9 #E970E0 #E9B570 #70E979

square

#70A4E9 #E970E0 #E9B570 #70E979

split-complementary

#70A4E9 #E97970 #E0E970

monochromatic

#1E64C1 #3B82E1 #70A4E9 #A5C6F1 #DAE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#70A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#70A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70A4E9

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70A4E9	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0bef0',
    500: '#70a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70a4e9;
$custom-light: #a0bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.215,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71067,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70A4E9

secondary

#EDDDC8

accent

#8110D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #70A4E9

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

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