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Recognised as Colour

#70A8B8

  • #70A8B8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#70A8B8 is a cyan with RGB values 112, 168, 184 and HSL 193°, 34%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70A8B8#70A8B8
HEX#70A8B8
RGBrgb(112, 168, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.6588, 0.7216
RGB percentages43.9%, 65.9%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(193.3, 33.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 39.1%, 72.2%)
CMYK39.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,383,224
CSS custom property--colour: #70A8B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#8F5747

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA5B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#929CB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#54AEADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.7Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Light slate grey · ΔE 15.7Slate grey · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B88070
Analogous#70B8A4, #7084B8
Triadic#B870A8, #A8B870
Split complementary#B87084, #B8A470
Tetradic#A470B8, #B88070, #84B870

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FBFC
Lighter +30%#D6E6EB
Lighter +20%#B4D1DA
Lighter +10%#92BDC9
Darker −10%#5191A4
Darker −20%#407382
Darker −30%#2F5560
Darker −40%#1F373D
More saturated +25%#55B7D3
Less saturated −25%#8B999D

Channel breakdown

R112
G168
B184
Red112 (43.9%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)33.64%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G A8 · B B8

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