#70AEFD#70AEFD

#70AEFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AEFD
RGB	rgb(112, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(214, 97%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 2.40, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 45.28, 273.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0339 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.132 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5415, 40.8054, 98.7020)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#70AEFD #FDBF70

analogous

#70F4FD #70AEFD #7970FD

triadic

#70AEFD #FD70AE #AEFD70

tetradic

#70AEFD #FD70F4 #FDBF70 #70FD79

square

#70AEFD #FD70F4 #FDBF70 #70FD79

split-complementary

#70AEFD #FD7970 #F4FD70

monochromatic

#036BEF #348CFC #70AEFD #ACD0FE #E1EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#70AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#70AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AEFD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AEFD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7CA5FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c5fe',
    500: '#70aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70aefd;
$custom-light: #a2c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.617,
    "s": 97.241,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AEFD

secondary

#F7E7D2

accent

#8100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AEFD

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

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