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Recognised as Colour

#70C2DC

  • #70C2DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#70C2DC is a cyan with RGB values 112, 194, 220 and HSL 194°, 61%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#70C2DC#70C2DC
HEX#70C2DC
RGBrgb(112, 194, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.7608, 0.8627
RGB percentages43.9%, 76.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(194.4, 60.7%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 49.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK49.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,389,916
CSS custom property--colour: #70C2DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.44:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#8F3D23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B1DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#34CBCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8A70
Analogous#70DCC0, #708CDC
Triadic#DC70C2, #C2DC70
Split complementary#DC708C, #DCC070
Tetradic#C070DC, #DC8A70, #8CDC70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF6FA
Lighter +20%#C2E5F0
Lighter +10%#99D3E6
Darker −10%#47B1D2
Darker −20%#2D97B9
Darker −30%#237690
Darker −40%#195467
More saturated +25%#5ACEF2
Less saturated −25%#86B6C6

Channel breakdown

R112
G194
B220
Red112 (43.9%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue194.44°
Saturation (HSL)60.67%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G C2 · B DC

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