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Recognised as Colour

#70C3EC

  • #70C3EC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#70C3EC is a cyan with RGB values 112, 195, 236 and HSL 200°, 77%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#70C3EC#70C3EC
HEX#70C3EC
RGBrgb(112, 195, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.7647, 0.9255
RGB percentages43.9%, 76.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(199.8, 76.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.8, 52.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK52.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,390,188
CSS custom property--colour: #70C3EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#8F3C13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#1CCED0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.6Sky blue · ΔE 8Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 19Powder blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9970
Analogous#70ECD7, #7085EC
Triadic#EC70C3, #C3EC70
Split complementary#EC7085, #ECD770
Tetradic#D770EC, #EC9970, #85EC70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFE
Lighter +20%#CAE9F8
Lighter +10%#9DD6F2
Darker −10%#43B0E6
Darker −20%#1D9BD9
Darker −30%#177BAC
Darker −40%#115B7F
More saturated +25%#5DC9FF
Less saturated −25%#84BCD8

Channel breakdown

R112
G195
B236
Red112 (43.9%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue199.84°
Saturation (HSL)76.54%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G C3 · B EC

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