#70AEE8#70AEE8

#70AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AEE8
RGB	rgb(112, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -3.96, -35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 35.42, 263.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.04 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.106 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3785, 39.5402, 82.0433)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70AEE8 #E8AA70

analogous

#70E8E6 #70AEE8 #7072E8

triadic

#70AEE8 #E870AE #AEE870

tetradic

#70AEE8 #E670E8 #E8AA70 #72E870

square

#70AEE8 #E670E8 #E8AA70 #72E870

split-complementary

#70AEE8 #E87072 #E8E670

monochromatic

#1F71BF #3B90E0 #70AEE8 #A5CCF0 #D9EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#70AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#70AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AEE8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AEE8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c6ef',
    500: '#70aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aee8;
$custom-light: #a0c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73185,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AEE8

secondary

#EDD9C7

accent

#6F11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AEE8

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

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