#98aaec

Color #98aaec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.61 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#98aaec

RGB

rgb(152, 170, 236)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 68.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 35.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.6%, 28%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(70.51, 9.33, -35.08)

LCH

lch(70.51, 36.3, 284.89)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0977, 272.17)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 59.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecda98

Analogous

#98d4ec

#98aaec

#b098ec

Triadic

#98aaec

#ec98aa

#aaec98

Split-complementary

#98aaec

#ecb098

#d4ec98

Tetradic

#98aaec

#da98ec

#ecda98

#aaec98

Square

#98aaec

#ec98d4

#ecda98

#98ecb0

Shades

Color #98aaec mixed toward black.

#617de2

#2b50d8

#1e3ba4

#14276d

#0a1437

Tints

Color #98aaec mixed toward white.

#a9b8ef

#bac6f2

#ccd5f6

#dde3f9

#eef1fc

Tones

Color #98aaec mixed toward gray.

#9faee5

#a6b2de

#adb6d7

#b4bad0

#bbbec9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0de · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#9f9edb · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#99d3d0 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98aaec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98aaec]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#98aaec (#98aaec) is rgb(152, 170, 236) in RGB.

No, #98aaec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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