#70BCAD#70BCAD

#70BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.079 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70BCAD
RGB	rgb(112, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -27.13, 0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 27.13, 179.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0792 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.079 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2052, 42.4260, 46.0191)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70BCAD #BC707F

analogous

#70BC87 #70BCAD #70A5BC

triadic

#70BCAD #AD70BC #BCAD70

tetradic

#70BCAD #8770BC #BC707F #A5BC70

square

#70BCAD #8770BC #BC707F #A5BC70

split-complementary

#70BCAD #BC70A5 #BC8770

monochromatic

#39796C #4CA392 #70BCAD #9AD0C5 #C3E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#70BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#70BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70BCAD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70BCAD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.079 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0c5',
    500: '#70bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70bcad;
$custom-light: #9dd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.158,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.0792,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70BCAD

secondary

#D3B5BB

accent

#5C72CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #70BCAD

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

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