#70CEEB#70CEEB

#70CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.098 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70CEEB
RGB	rgb(112, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -20.07, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 30.43, 228.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0748 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.098 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7430, 53.5817, 86.6183)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70CEEB #EB8D70

analogous

#70EBCA #70CEEB #7091EB

triadic

#70CEEB #EB70CE #CEEB70

tetradic

#70CEEB #CA70EB #EB8D70 #91EB70

square

#70CEEB #CA70EB #EB8D70 #91EB70

split-complementary

#70CEEB #EB7091 #EBCA70

monochromatic

#1C9DC5 #3ABCE3 #70CEEB #A6E0F3 #DBF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#70CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#70CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #70CEEB

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##70CEEB	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.098 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1ddf1',
    500: '#70ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70ceeb;
$custom-light: #a1ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80423,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70CEEB

secondary

#C35C3C

accent

#3D0ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #70CEEB

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

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