#70b8ba

Color #70b8ba

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#70b8ba

RGB

rgb(112, 184, 186)

HSL

hsl(181.6, 34.9%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.6, 39.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(70.36, -21.97, -8.11)

LCH

lch(70.36, 23.42, 200.26)

OKLCH

oklch(73.6%, 0.0723, 197.96)

HWB

hwb(181.6, 43.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba7270

Analogous

#70ba97

#70b8ba

#7093ba

Triadic

#70b8ba

#ba70b8

#b8ba70

Split-complementary

#70b8ba

#ba7093

#ba9770

Tetradic

#70b8ba

#7270ba

#ba7270

#b8ba70

Square

#70b8ba

#9770ba

#ba7270

#93ba70

Shades

Color #70b8ba mixed toward black.

#51a5a7

#418486

#306364

#204243

#102121

Tints

Color #70b8ba mixed toward white.

#88c4c5

#a0d0d1

#b7dbdc

#cfe7e8

#e7f3f3

Tones

Color #70b8ba mixed toward gray.

#76b2b4

#7cacae

#82a6a7

#89a1a1

#8f9b9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ba · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#908bb9 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#75b9b9 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70b8ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70b8ba]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#70b8ba (#70b8ba) is rgb(112, 184, 186) in RGB.

No, #70b8ba 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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