#70AAEE#70AAEE

#70AAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AAEE
RGB	rgb(112, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(212, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 0.07, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 39.80, 270.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0337 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.117 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4840, 38.3644, 86.3548)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70AAEE #EEB470

analogous

#70E9EE #70AAEE #7570EE

triadic

#70AAEE #EE70AA #AAEE70

tetradic

#70AAEE #EE70E9 #EEB470 #70EE75

square

#70AAEE #EE70E9 #EEB470 #70EE75

split-complementary

#70AAEE #EE7570 #E9EE70

monochromatic

#186BCB #3989E7 #70AAEE #A7CBF5 #DDEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#70AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#70AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AAEE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AAEE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c3f4',
    500: '#70aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aaee;
$custom-light: #a0c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.381,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AAEE

secondary

#F0DECA

accent

#7B0ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AAEE

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

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