#98b5ee

Color #98b5ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.15 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#98b5ee

RGB

rgb(152, 181, 238)

HSL

hsl(219.8, 71.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.8, 36.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(73.48, 3.74, -31.58)

LCH

lch(73.48, 31.8, 276.75)

OKLCH

oklch(77.3%, 0.0882, 263.55)

HWB

hwb(219.8, 59.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eed198

Analogous

#98e0ee

#98b5ee

#a698ee

Triadic

#98b5ee

#ee98b5

#b5ee98

Split-complementary

#98b5ee

#eea698

#e0ee98

Tetradic

#98b5ee

#d198ee

#eed198

#b5ee98

Square

#98b5ee

#ee98e0

#eed198

#98eea6

Shades

Color #98b5ee mixed toward black.

#608de5

#2865dc

#1c4ba7

#123270

#091938

Tints

Color #98b5ee mixed toward white.

#a9c1f1

#bacef4

#ccdaf7

#dde6f9

#eef3fc

Tones

Color #98b5ee mixed toward gray.

#9fb7e7

#a6bae0

#aebcd9

#b5bed1

#bcc1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a6e2 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#a4a1df · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#9ad8d5 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 18.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #98b5ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98b5ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#98b5ee (#98b5ee) is rgb(152, 181, 238) in RGB.

No, #98b5ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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