#70bcc4

Color #70bcc4

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#70bcc4

RGB

rgb(112, 188, 196)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 41.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 42.9%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(71.82, -21.44, -11.42)

LCH

lch(71.82, 24.29, 208.04)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0763, 204.31)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 43.9%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c47870

Analogous

#70c4a2

#70bcc4

#7092c4

Triadic

#70bcc4

#c470bc

#bcc470

Split-complementary

#70bcc4

#c47092

#c4a270

Tetradic

#70bcc4

#7870c4

#c47870

#bcc470

Square

#70bcc4

#a270c4

#c47870

#92c470

Shades

Color #70bcc4 mixed toward black.

#4cabb5

#3c8991

#2d676d

#1e4549

#0f2224

Tints

Color #70bcc4 mixed toward white.

#88c7ce

#a0d2d8

#b8dee2

#cfe9eb

#e7f4f5

Tones

Color #70bcc4 mixed toward gray.

#77b6bd

#7eb1b6

#85abaf

#8ca5a8

#93a0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798c2 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#938cc2 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#75c1c0 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70bcc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70bcc4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#70bcc4 (#70bcc4) is rgb(112, 188, 196) in RGB.

No, #70bcc4 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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