What color is #70818E?

#70818E is a grayish azure known as Stormy Oceans. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Stormy Oceans?

The RGB value is 112, 129, 142: 112 red, 129 green and 142 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Stormy Oceans?

The complementary color is #8E7D70, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #70818E?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Stormy Oceans color: hex code #70818E

#70818E rgb(112, 129, 142)

Shades of gray

Stormy Oceans has the hex code #70818E. It is a grayish azure.

In the RGB color model it is made of 43.9% red, 50.6% green and 55.7% blue (112, 129, 142).

Its hue angle is 206°, with 12% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 44% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.22:1).

Stormy Oceans (#70818E) color codes

HEX	`#70818E`
RGB	`rgb(112, 129, 142)`
RGB percent	`rgb(43.9%, 50.6%, 55.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(206, 12%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(206, 21%, 56%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 9%, 0%, 44%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.06, -3.2, -9.08)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.06, 9.62, 250.59)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.414, 21.098, 28.635)`
Decimal	`7373198`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Stormy Oceans, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #70818E	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.22:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#70818E as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.22:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #70818E looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #70818e; }
.text { color: #70818e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #70818e; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(112 129 142 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #70818e, #70728e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #70818E on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #70818E?: #70818E is a grayish azure known as Stormy Oceans. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Stormy Oceans?: The RGB value is 112, 129, 142: 112 red, 129 green and 142 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Stormy Oceans?: The complementary color is #8E7D70, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #70818E?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.