#70AFAD#70AFAD

#70AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.065 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70AFAD
RGB	rgb(112, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -20.61, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 21.30, 194.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0632 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.065 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5522, 37.1199, 45.1347)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70AFAD #AF7072

analogous

#70AF8E #70AFAD #7092AF

triadic

#70AFAD #AD70AF #AFAD70

tetradic

#70AFAD #8E70AF #AF7072 #92AF70

square

#70AFAD #8E70AF #AF7072 #92AF70

split-complementary

#70AFAD #AF7092 #AF8E70

monochromatic

#3B6A68 #51918F #70AFAD #97C5C4 #BEDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#70AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#70AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70AFAD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70AFAD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.065 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc7c5',
    500: '#70afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70afad;
$custom-light: #9cc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 28.251,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71095,
    "c": 0.06488,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70AFAD

secondary

#CAB0B1

accent

#6366C5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #70AFAD

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

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