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Recognised as Colour

#70CCEE

  • #70CCEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#70CCEE is a cyan with RGB values 112, 204, 238 and HSL 196°, 79%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#70CCEE#70CCEE
HEX#70CCEE
RGBrgb(112, 204, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.8, 0.9333
RGB percentages43.9%, 80%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(196.2, 78.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 52.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK52.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,392,494
CSS custom property--colour: #70CCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.56:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#8F3311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C8F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BAEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#0ED6D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.4Light skyblue · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.1Powder blue · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9270
Analogous#70EED1, #708DEE
Triadic#EE70CC, #CCEE70
Split complementary#EE708D, #EED170
Tetradic#D170EE, #EE9270, #8DEE70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FDFE
Lighter +20%#CBEDF9
Lighter +10%#9EDCF3
Darker −10%#42BCE9
Darker −20%#1AA9DE
Darker −30%#1586B0
Darker −40%#106382
More saturated +25%#5FD4FF
Less saturated −25%#84C3DA

Channel breakdown

R112
G204
B238
Red112 (43.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue196.19°
Saturation (HSL)78.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G CC · B EE

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