#70B4E6#70B4E6

#70B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70B4E6
RGB	rgb(112, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -7.84, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 32.60, 256.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0475 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.1 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2812, 41.7975, 80.9507)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70B4E6 #E6A270

analogous

#70E6DD #70B4E6 #7079E6

triadic

#70B4E6 #E670B4 #B4E670

tetradic

#70B4E6 #DD70E6 #E6A270 #79E670

square

#70B4E6 #DD70E6 #E6A270 #79E670

split-complementary

#70B4E6 #E67079 #E6DD70

monochromatic

#217ABB #3C99DD #70B4E6 #A4CFEF #D8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#70B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#70B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70B4E6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70B4E6	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EC0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0caee',
    500: '#70b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70b4e6;
$custom-light: #a0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70B4E6

secondary

#ECD6C6

accent

#6413D2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70B4E6

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

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