#70a3ee

Color #70a3ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#70a3ee

RGB

rgb(112, 163, 238)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 78.8%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 52.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(66.37, 4.03, -42.8)

LCH

lch(66.37, 42.99, 275.38)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.1232, 257.91)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 43.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eebb70

Analogous

#70e2ee

#70a3ee

#7c70ee

Triadic

#70a3ee

#ee70a3

#a3ee70

Split-complementary

#70a3ee

#ee7c70

#e2ee70

Tetradic

#70a3ee

#bb70ee

#eebb70

#a3ee70

Square

#70a3ee

#ee70e2

#eebb70

#70ee7c

Shades

Color #70a3ee mixed toward black.

#3c81e8

#1963d1

#134a9c

#0c3268

#061934

Tints

Color #70a3ee mixed toward white.

#88b2f1

#a0c2f4

#b7d1f7

#cfe0f9

#e7f0fc

Tones

Color #70a3ee mixed toward gray.

#7aa5e4

#85a7d9

#8fa9ce

#9aabc4

#a4adb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898adf · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#8682db · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#73d2cf · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70a3ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70a3ee]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#70a3ee (#70a3ee) is rgb(112, 163, 238) in RGB.

No, #70a3ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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