#70AAE8#70AAE8

#70AAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AAE8
RGB	rgb(112, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(211, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -1.74, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 36.96, 267.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0355 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.109 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6172, 38.0176, 81.7895)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70AAE8 #E8AE70

analogous

#70E6E8 #70AAE8 #7270E8

triadic

#70AAE8 #E870AA #AAE870

tetradic

#70AAE8 #E870E6 #E8AE70 #70E872

square

#70AAE8 #E870E6 #E8AE70 #70E872

split-complementary

#70AAE8 #E87270 #E6E870

monochromatic

#1F6CBF #3B8BE0 #70AAE8 #A5C9F0 #D9E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#70AAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#70AAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AAE8

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AAE8	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)

#91ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FB8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3ef',
    500: '#70aae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aae8;
$custom-light: #a0c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AAE8

secondary

#EDDBC7

accent

#7611D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AAE8

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

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