#70AEDD#70AEDD

#70AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.094 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AEDD
RGB	rgb(112, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -7.18, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 30.71, 256.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0436 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.094 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8647, 38.9347, 74.0705)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70AEDD #DD9F70

analogous

#70DDD6 #70AEDD #7077DD

triadic

#70AEDD #DD70AE #AEDD70

tetradic

#70AEDD #D670DD #DD9F70 #77DD70

square

#70AEDD #D670DD #DD9F70 #77DD70

split-complementary

#70AEDD #DD7077 #DDD670

monochromatic

#2872AA #3F92D1 #70AEDD #A1CAE9 #D3E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#70AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#70AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AEDD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AEDD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AB9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.094 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc6e7',
    500: '#70aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aedd;
$custom-light: #9fc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.872,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AEDD

secondary

#E7D2C2

accent

#671CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AEDD

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

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