#70B4E5#70B4E5

#70B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70B4E5
RGB	rgb(112, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -8.13, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 32.20, 255.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0478 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.099 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1411, 41.7414, 80.2132)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70B4E5 #E5A170

analogous

#70E5DC #70B4E5 #707AE5

triadic

#70B4E5 #E570B4 #B4E570

tetradic

#70B4E5 #DC70E5 #E5A170 #7AE570

square

#70B4E5 #DC70E5 #E5A170 #7AE570

split-complementary

#70B4E5 #E5707A #E5DC70

monochromatic

#227AB9 #3C99DC #70B4E5 #A4CFEE #D8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#70B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#70B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70B4E5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70B4E5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0caed',
    500: '#70b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70b4e5;
$custom-light: #a0caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70B4E5

secondary

#EBD5C6

accent

#6314D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70B4E5

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

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