#70a0ec

Color #70a0ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#70a0ec

RGB

rgb(112, 160, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 76.5%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 52.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.5%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(65.47, 5.13, -43.12)

LCH

lch(65.47, 43.42, 276.78)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.1237, 259.28)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 43.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecbc70

Analogous

#70deec

#70a0ec

#7e70ec

Triadic

#70a0ec

#ec70a0

#a0ec70

Split-complementary

#70a0ec

#ec7e70

#deec70

Tetradic

#70a0ec

#bc70ec

#ecbc70

#a0ec70

Square

#70a0ec

#ec70de

#ecbc70

#70ec7e

Shades

Color #70a0ec mixed toward black.

#3d7ee5

#1b60cd

#144899

#0e3066

#071833

Tints

Color #70a0ec mixed toward white.

#88b0ef

#a0c0f2

#b7cff5

#cfdff9

#e7effc

Tones

Color #70a0ec mixed toward gray.

#7aa2e2

#85a5d7

#8fa7cd

#99a9c3

#a4acb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788dd · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#8581d9 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#73d0cd · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #70a0ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70a0ec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#70a0ec (#70a0ec) is rgb(112, 160, 236) in RGB.

No, #70a0ec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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