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Recognised as Colour

#70BDE4

  • #70BDE4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#70BDE4 is a blue with RGB values 112, 189, 228 and HSL 200°, 68%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#70BDE4#70BDE4
HEX#70BDE4
RGBrgb(112, 189, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.7412, 0.8941
RGB percentages43.9%, 74.1%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(200.2, 68.2%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.2, 50.9%, 89.4%)
CMYK50.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,388,644
CSS custom property--colour: #70BDE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#8F421B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABBE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AEE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#2CC8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.2Sky blue · ΔE 8.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.4Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Light blue · ΔE 18.8Powder blue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E49770
Analogous#70E4D1, #7083E4
Triadic#E470BD, #BDE470
Split complementary#E47083, #E4D170
Tetradic#D170E4, #E49770, #83E470

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F8FC
Lighter +20%#C6E5F4
Lighter +10%#9BD1EC
Darker −10%#45A9DC
Darker −20%#2692C8
Darker −30%#1E729D
Darker −40%#165372
More saturated +25%#5BC4F9
Less saturated −25%#85B6CF

Channel breakdown

R112
G189
B228
Red112 (43.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue200.17°
Saturation (HSL)68.24%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G BD · B E4

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