#70CAEC#70CAEC

#70CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.099 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70CAEC
RGB	rgb(112, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -17.75, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 30.72, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.07 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.099 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9372, 51.7382, 87.0644)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70CAEC #EC9270

analogous

#70ECD0 #70CAEC #708CEC

triadic

#70CAEC #EC70CA #CAEC70

tetradic

#70CAEC #D070EC #EC9270 #8CEC70

square

#70CAEC #D070EC #EC9270 #8CEC70

split-complementary

#70CAEC #EC708C #ECD070

monochromatic

#1A98C7 #3AB6E5 #70CAEC #A6DEF3 #DCF2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#70CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#70CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70CAEC

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70CAEC	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.099 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1daf2',
    500: '#70caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70caec;
$custom-light: #a1daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79562,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70CAEC

secondary

#C4613C

accent

#450DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#101417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #70CAEC

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

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