#70C8E8#70C8E8

#70C8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.096 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70C8E8
RGB	rgb(112, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -17.84, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 29.90, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0693 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.096 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8963, 50.5759, 83.8826)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70C8E8 #E89070

analogous

#70E8CC #70C8E8 #708CE8

triadic

#70C8E8 #E870C8 #C8E870

tetradic

#70C8E8 #CC70E8 #E89070 #8CE870

square

#70C8E8 #CC70E8 #E89070 #8CE870

split-complementary

#70C8E8 #E8708C #E8CC70

monochromatic

#1F94BF #3BB4E0 #70C8E8 #A5DCF0 #D9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#70C8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#70C8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70C8E8

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70C8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70C8E8	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.096 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8ef',
    500: '#70c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70c8e8;
$custom-light: #a1d8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70C8E8

secondary

#BE603E

accent

#4511D4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #70C8E8

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

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