#70c9ef

Color #70c9ef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 6.3 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#70c9ef

RGB

rgb(112, 201, 239)

HSL

hsl(198, 79.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 53.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(76.95, -16.38, -26.95)

LCH

lch(76.95, 31.54, 238.71)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.101, 227.85)

HWB

hwb(198, 43.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef9670

Analogous

#70efd6

#70c9ef

#7089ef

Triadic

#70c9ef

#ef70c9

#c9ef70

Split-complementary

#70c9ef

#ef7089

#efd670

Tetradic

#70c9ef

#9670ef

#ef9670

#c9ef70

Square

#70c9ef

#d670ef

#ef9670

#89ef70

Shades

Color #70c9ef mixed toward black.

#3bb5e9

#189ad2

#12749e

#0c4d69

#062735

Tints

Color #70c9ef mixed toward white.

#88d2f2

#a0dbf4

#b7e4f7

#cfedfa

#e7f6fc

Tones

Color #70c9ef mixed toward gray.

#7ac5e4

#85c0da

#90bccf

#9ab8c5

#a5b4ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fe7 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#9992e4 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#77e0de · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #70c9ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70c9ef]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#70c9ef (#70c9ef) is rgb(112, 201, 239) in RGB.

No, #70c9ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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