#70A9EE#70A9EE

#70A9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70A9EE
RGB	rgb(112, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 0.63, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 40.24, 270.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0326 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.118 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2973, 37.9909, 86.2926)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70A9EE #EEB570

analogous

#70E8EE #70A9EE #7670EE

triadic

#70A9EE #EE70A9 #A9EE70

tetradic

#70A9EE #EE70E8 #EEB570 #70EE76

square

#70A9EE #EE70E8 #EEB570 #70EE76

split-complementary

#70A9EE #EE7670 #E8EE70

monochromatic

#1869CB #3988E7 #70A9EE #A7CAF5 #DDEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#70A9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#70A9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70A9EE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70A9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70A9EE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70a9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c2f4',
    500: '#70a9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70a9ee;
$custom-light: #a0c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70a9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70A9EE

secondary

#F0DFCA

accent

#7D0ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #70A9EE

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