Colour

#70B4AA

#70B4AA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#70B4AA is a cyan with RGB values 112, 180, 170 and HSL 171°, 31%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70B4AA#70B4AA

HEX#70B4AA

RGBrgb(112, 180, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.7059, 0.6667

RGB percentages43.9%, 70.6%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(171.2, 31.2%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 37.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK37.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,386,282

CSS custom property--colour: #70B4AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#8F4B55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AEADAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A4ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Tritanopia#58B7B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B4707A

Analogous#70B488, #709CB4

Triadic#AA70B4, #B4AA70

Split complementary#B4709C, #B48870

Tetradic#8870B4, #B4707A, #9CB470

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6FAFA

Lighter +30%#D4E9E6

Lighter +20%#B3D7D2

Lighter +10%#91C6BE

Darker −10%#539E93

Darker −20%#417D74

Darker −30%#305B55

Darker −40%#1E3A36

More saturated +25%#55CFBD

Less saturated −25%#8B9997

Channel breakdown

R112

G180

B170

Red112 (43.9%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue171.18°

Saturation (HSL)31.19%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 70 · G B4 · B AA

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Colour values

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