#70B4E9#70B4E9

#70B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70B4E9
RGB	rgb(112, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(206, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -6.96, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.82, 258.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0465 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.103 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7061, 41.9674, 83.1885)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70B4E9 #E9A570

analogous

#70E9E1 #70B4E9 #7077E9

triadic

#70B4E9 #E970B4 #B4E970

tetradic

#70B4E9 #E170E9 #E9A570 #77E970

square

#70B4E9 #E170E9 #E9A570 #77E970

split-complementary

#70B4E9 #E97077 #E9E170

monochromatic

#1E79C1 #3B98E1 #70B4E9 #A5D0F1 #DAECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#70B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#70B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70B4E9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70B4E9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0caf0',
    500: '#70b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70b4e9;
$custom-light: #a0caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70B4E9

secondary

#EDD8C8

accent

#6710D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70B4E9

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

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