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Colour

#70D9FF

  • #70D9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#70D9FF is a cyan with RGB values 112, 217, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#70D9FF#70D9FF
HEX#70D9FF
RGBrgb(112, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages43.9%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(195.9, 100%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 56.1%, 100%)
CMYK56.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,395,839
CSS custom property--colour: #70D9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#8F2600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC5FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 18.8Powder blue · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9670
Analogous#70FFDD, #7092FF
Triadic#FF70D9, #D9FF70
Split complementary#FF7092, #FFDE70
Tetradic#DD70FF, #FF9670, #91FF70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6F4FF
Lighter +10%#A3E7FF
Darker −10%#3DCBFF
Darker −20%#0ABEFF
Darker −30%#009DD6
Darker −40%#0078A3
More saturated +25%#70D9FF
Less saturated −25%#82D1ED

Channel breakdown

R112
G217
B255
Red112 (43.9%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G D9 · B FF

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