#70A9E5#70A9E5

#70A9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#70A9E5
RGBrgb(112, 169, 229)
HSLhsl(211, 69%, 67%)
HSVhsv(211, 51%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(51.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.63, -2.07, -35.90)
CIE-LCHlch(67.63, 35.96, 266.70°)
OKLaboklab(71.96% -0.0352 -0.1005)
OKLCHoklch(71.96% 0.107 250.7)
XYZxyz(35.0080, 37.4751, 79.5022)
Luminance0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#70A9E5 #E5AC70
analogous
#70E4E5 #70A9E5 #7270E5
triadic
#70A9E5 #E570A9 #A9E570
tetradic
#70A9E5 #E570E4 #E5AC70 #70E572
square
#70A9E5 #E570E4 #E5AC70 #70E572
split-complementary
#70A9E5 #E57270 #E4E570
monochromatic
#226BB9 #3C8ADC #70A9E5 #A4C8EE #D8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#70A9E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50
#70A9E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70A9E5
8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##70A9E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##70A9E51.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91ABE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A0E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33B7BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #70a9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 250.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2ed',
    500: '#70a9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #70a9e5;
$custom-light: #a0c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#70a9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.769,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71957,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#70A9E5
secondary
#EBD9C6
accent
#7514D1
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F7FD
border
#CED0D5
text
#0F1216
muted
#7F8184

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#70A9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva