#70AAED#70AAED

#70AAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.116 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AAED
RGB	rgb(112, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -0.24, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 39.33, 269.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.034 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.116 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3375, 38.3058, 85.5832)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#70AAED #EDB370

analogous

#70E8ED #70AAED #7470ED

triadic

#70AAED #ED70AA #AAED70

tetradic

#70AAED #ED70E8 #EDB370 #70ED74

square

#70AAED #ED70E8 #EDB370 #70ED74

split-complementary

#70AAED #ED7470 #E8ED70

monochromatic

#196BC9 #3A8AE6 #70AAED #A6CAF4 #DDEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#70AAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#70AAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AAED

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AAED	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.116 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3f3',
    500: '#70aaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aaed;
$custom-light: #a0c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.16,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AAED

secondary

#EFDECA

accent

#7A0CDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AAED

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

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