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Recognised as Colour

#70D5FB

  • #70D5FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#70D5FB is a cyan with RGB values 112, 213, 251 and HSL 196°, 95%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#70D5FB#70D5FB
HEX#70D5FB
RGBrgb(112, 213, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.8353, 0.9843
RGB percentages43.9%, 83.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(196.4, 94.6%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 55.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK55.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,394,811
CSS custom property--colour: #70D5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#8F2A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0D1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACC2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.8Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 18.3Powder blue · ΔE 20.9Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9670
Analogous#70FBDC, #708FFB
Triadic#FB70D5, #D5FB70
Split complementary#FB708F, #FBDC70
Tetradic#DB70FB, #FB9670, #8FFB70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D3F2FE
Lighter +10%#A2E4FC
Darker −10%#3EC6FA
Darker −20%#0DB8F8
Darker −30%#0696CC
Darker −40%#04729B
More saturated +25%#6CD7FF
Less saturated −25%#82CDE9

Channel breakdown

R112
G213
B251
Red112 (43.9%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue196.4°
Saturation (HSL)94.56%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G D5 · B FB

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