#70B4AD#70B4AD

#70B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.070 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70B4AD
RGB	rgb(112, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -23.15, -3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 23.38, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0694 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.07 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5434, 39.1023, 45.4651)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70B4AD #B47077

analogous

#70B48B #70B4AD #7099B4

triadic

#70B4AD #AD70B4 #B4AD70

tetradic

#70B4AD #8B70B4 #B47077 #99B470

square

#70B4AD #8B70B4 #B47077 #99B470

split-complementary

#70B4AD #B47099 #B48B70

monochromatic

#3A6F6A #4F9790 #70B4AD #98C9C4 #C0DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#70B4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#70B4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70B4AD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70B4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70B4AD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.070 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccac5',
    500: '#70b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70b4ad;
$custom-light: #9ccac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 31.193,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.06998,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70B4AD

secondary

#CEB2B5

accent

#606BC7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0E1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #70B4AD

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

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