#70bac6

Color #70bac6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#70bac6

RGB

rgb(112, 186, 198)

HSL

hsl(188.4, 43%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.4, 43.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.31, -19.9, -13.28)

LCH

lch(71.31, 23.92, 213.72)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0757, 208.83)

HWB

hwb(188.4, 43.9%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c67c70

Analogous

#70c6a7

#70bac6

#708fc6

Triadic

#70bac6

#c670ba

#bac670

Split-complementary

#70bac6

#c6708f

#c6a770

Tetradic

#70bac6

#7c70c6

#c67c70

#bac670

Square

#70bac6

#a770c6

#c67c70

#8fc670

Shades

Color #70bac6 mixed toward black.

#4ba8b7

#3b8794

#2c666f

#1d444a

#0f2225

Tints

Color #70bac6 mixed toward white.

#88c5d0

#a0d1d9

#b8dce3

#cfe8ec

#e7f3f6

Tones

Color #70bac6 mixed toward gray.

#77b5bf

#7eb0b8

#86abb1

#8da5a9

#94a0a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9697c3 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#928cc3 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#75c1c0 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70bac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70bac6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#70bac6 (#70bac6) is rgb(112, 186, 198) in RGB.

No, #70bac6 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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