#70ACED#70ACED

#70ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70ACED
RGB	rgb(112, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(211, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -1.35, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 38.49, 267.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0362 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.114 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7153, 39.0613, 85.7092)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70ACED #EDB170

analogous

#70EAED #70ACED #7270ED

triadic

#70ACED #ED70AC #ACED70

tetradic

#70ACED #ED70EA #EDB170 #70ED72

square

#70ACED #ED70EA #EDB170 #70ED72

split-complementary

#70ACED #ED7270 #EAED70

monochromatic

#196EC9 #3A8CE6 #70ACED #A6CCF4 #DDEBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#70ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#70ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70ACED

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70ACED	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c4f3',
    500: '#70aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aced;
$custom-light: #a0c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70ACED

secondary

#EFDDCA

accent

#770CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #70ACED

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

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