#70C8EA#70C8EA

#70C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70C8EA
RGB	rgb(112, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -17.28, -24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 30.36, 235.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0685 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1820, 50.6902, 85.3872)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70C8EA #EA9270

analogous

#70EACF #70C8EA #708BEA

triadic

#70C8EA #EA70C8 #C8EA70

tetradic

#70C8EA #CF70EA #EA9270 #8BEA70

square

#70C8EA #CF70EA #EA9270 #8BEA70

split-complementary

#70C8EA #EA708B #EACF70

monochromatic

#1D95C3 #3BB3E2 #70C8EA #A5DDF2 #DBF1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#70C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#70C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70C8EA

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70C8EA	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d8f0',
    500: '#70c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70c8ea;
$custom-light: #a1d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79035,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70C8EA

secondary

#C1623D

accent

#470FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #70C8EA

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

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