#70BCDE#70BCDE

#70BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70BCDE
RGB	rgb(112, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -14.41, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 28.25, 239.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0594 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.09 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8453, 44.6821, 75.7233)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70BCDE #DE9270

analogous

#70DEC9 #70BCDE #7085DE

triadic

#70BCDE #DE70BC #BCDE70

tetradic

#70BCDE #C970DE #DE9270 #85DE70

square

#70BCDE #C970DE #DE9270 #85DE70

split-complementary

#70BCDE #DE7085 #DEC970

monochromatic

#2883AC #3EA5D3 #70BCDE #A2D3E9 #D3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#70BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#70BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70BCDE

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70BCDE	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd0e8',
    500: '#70bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70bcde;
$custom-light: #9fd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.545,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70BCDE

secondary

#E7CEC2

accent

#511BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #70BCDE

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

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