#70aee9

Color #70aee9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.63 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#70aee9

RGB

rgb(112, 174, 233)

HSL

hsl(209.3, 73.3%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.3, 51.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(69.18, -3.66, -35.68)

LCH

lch(69.18, 35.87, 264.14)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.1075, 248.33)

HWB

hwb(209.3, 43.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ab70

Analogous

#70e9e8

#70aee9

#7071e9

Triadic

#70aee9

#e970ae

#aee970

Split-complementary

#70aee9

#e97071

#e9e870

Tetradic

#70aee9

#ab70e9

#e9ab70

#aee970

Square

#70aee9

#e870e9

#e9ab70

#71e970

Shades

Color #70aee9 mixed toward black.

#3e92e1

#1f75c7

#175895

#0f3a64

#081d32

Tints

Color #70aee9 mixed toward white.

#88bbed

#a0c9f0

#b7d6f4

#cfe4f8

#e7f1fb

Tones

Color #70aee9 mixed toward gray.

#7aaedf

#84add5

#8eadcb

#98adc1

#a2adb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90dd · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#8b87d9 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#74d2d0 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70aee9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70aee9]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#70aee9 (#70aee9) is rgb(112, 174, 233) in RGB.

No, #70aee9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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