Colour

#70B8AA

#70B8AA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#70B8AA is a cyan with RGB values 112, 184, 170 and HSL 168°, 34%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#70B8AA#70B8AA

HEX#70B8AA

RGBrgb(112, 184, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.7216, 0.6667

RGB percentages43.9%, 72.2%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(168.3, 33.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 39.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK39.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,387,306

CSS custom property--colour: #70B8AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.13:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#8F4755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2B0A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A7ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#57BAB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8707E

Analogous#70B886, #70A2B8

Triadic#AA70B8, #B8AA70

Split complementary#B870A2, #B88670

Tetradic#8670B8, #B8707E, #A2B870

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8FCFB

Lighter +30%#D6EBE7

Lighter +20%#B4DAD3

Lighter +10%#92C9BE

Darker −10%#51A494

Darker −20%#408275

Darker −30%#2F6056

Darker −40%#1F3D37

More saturated +25%#55D3BA

Less saturated −25%#8B9D9A

Channel breakdown

R112

G184

B170

Red112 (43.9%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue168.33°

Saturation (HSL)33.64%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 70 · G B8 · B AA

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