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#70CCFF

#70ccff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#70ccff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.92% red, 80% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.08% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.4°, with 100% saturation and 71.96% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.5385

Complementary

  1. #70ccff
  2. #ffa370

Split complementary

  1. #70ccff
  2. #ff7084
  3. #ffeb70

Analogous

  1. #70ffeb
  2. #70ccff
  3. #7084ff

Triadic

  1. #70ccff
  2. #ff70cc
  3. #ccff70

Tetradic

  1. #70ccff
  2. #a370ff
  3. #ffa370
  4. #ccff70

Square

  1. #70ccff
  2. #eb70ff
  3. #ffa370
  4. #84ff70

Monochromatic

  1. #008ad6
  2. #23b1ff
  3. #70ccff
  4. #bce7ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#70ccff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #70ccff
  2. #65b8e6
  3. #5aa3cc
  4. #4e8fb3
  5. #437a99
  6. #386680
  7. #2d5266
  8. #223d4d
  9. #162933
  10. #0b141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#70ccff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #70ccff
  2. #7ed1ff
  3. #8dd6ff
  4. #9bdbff
  5. #a9e0ff
  6. #b8e6ff
  7. #c6ebff
  8. #d4f0ff
  9. #e2f5ff
  10. #f1faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#70ccff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #70ccff
  2. #72c4f2
  3. #73bde6
  4. #75b5d9
  5. #76aecc
  6. #78a6c0
  7. #7a9eb3
  8. #7b97a6
  9. #7d8f99
  10. #7e888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7c6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0bbfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dcbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fc2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #40d4eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-70ccff {
  color: #70ccff;
}
Background
.bg-70ccff {
  background-color: #70ccff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-70ccff {
  border: 2px solid #70ccff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #70ccff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 112 204 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-70ccff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #70ccff, #7084ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-70ccff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(112 204 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.33 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.61 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.86 #8f3300 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#70ccff  rgb(112, 204, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 72%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffa370  rgb(255, 163, 112)  hsl(21, 100%, 72%)  Light Salmon
#ff70cc  rgb(255, 112, 204)  hsl(321, 100%, 72%)  Rose Pink
#ccff70  rgb(204, 255, 112)  hsl(81, 100%, 72%)  Inchworm