#70aaf5

Color #70aaf5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#70aaf5

RGB

rgb(112, 170, 245)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 86.9%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 54.3%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(68.59, 2.19, -43.14)

LCH

lch(68.59, 43.2, 272.91)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1256, 255.38)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 43.9%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5bb70

Analogous

#70edf5

#70aaf5

#7870f5

Triadic

#70aaf5

#f570aa

#aaf570

Split-complementary

#70aaf5

#f57870

#edf570

Tetradic

#70aaf5

#bb70f5

#f5bb70

#aaf570

Square

#70aaf5

#f570ed

#f5bb70

#70f578

Shades

Color #70aaf5 mixed toward black.

#3889f1

#106ade

#0c4fa7

#08356f

#041a38

Tints

Color #70aaf5 mixed toward white.

#88b8f7

#a0c6f8

#b8d5fa

#cfe3fc

#e7f1fd

Tones

Color #70aaf5 mixed toward gray.

#7babea

#86addf

#91aed4

#9cb0c9

#a7b1be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8de6 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#8985e2 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#74d9d6 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 21.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #70aaf5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70aaf5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#70aaf5 (#70aaf5) is rgb(112, 170, 245) in RGB.

No, #70aaf5 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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