#70CDC3 is a soft, cool cyan. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #70CDC3 works with other colors. Named schemes with #70CDC3 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Medium Turquoise keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Medium Turquoise sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Medium Turquoise opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Medium Turquoise is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Medium Turquoise carrying the quiet middle.
Medium Turquoise is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Medium Turquoise.
How #70CDC3 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #70CDC3 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #70CDC3;
--color-base-rgb: 112 205 195;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(78.8% 0.090 186.5);
--color-50: #F3FBFB;
--color-100: #E0F5F3;
--color-200: #C3EAE6;
--color-300: #99D7D0;
--color-400: #71C1B9;
--color-500: #50A59C;
--color-600: #437F79;
--color-700: #345B57;
--color-800: #253C3A;
--color-900: #182524;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-turquoise: {
50: '#F3FBFB',
100: '#E0F5F3',
200: '#C3EAE6',
300: '#99D7D0',
400: '#71C1B9',
500: '#50A59C',
600: '#437F79',
700: '#345B57',
800: '#253C3A',
900: '#182524',
},
}
$base: #70CDC3; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBFB; $base-100: #E0F5F3; $base-200: #C3EAE6; $base-300: #99D7D0; $base-400: #71C1B9; $base-500: #50A59C; $base-600: #437F79; $base-700: #345B57; $base-800: #253C3A; $base-900: #182524; $base-hover: #42BBAF; $base-subtle: #D7EDEA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#70CDC3",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBFB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F5F3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3EAE6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99D7D0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#71C1B9",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#50A59C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#437F79",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#345B57",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C3A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182524",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}