#98b6c9

Color #98b6c9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#98b6c9

RGB

rgb(152, 182, 201)

HSL

hsl(203.3, 31.2%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.3, 24.4%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(72.46, -5.92, -12.97)

LCH

lch(72.46, 14.26, 245.47)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0426, 235.9)

HWB

hwb(203.3, 59.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9ab98

Analogous

#98c9c3

#98b6c9

#989dc9

Triadic

#98b6c9

#c998b6

#b6c998

Split-complementary

#98b6c9

#c9989d

#c9c398

Tetradic

#98b6c9

#ab98c9

#c9ab98

#b6c998

Square

#98b6c9

#c398c9

#c9ab98

#9dc998

Shades

Color #98b6c9 mixed toward black.

#719bb5

#517e9a

#3d5e74

#283f4d

#141f27

Tints

Color #98b6c9 mixed toward white.

#a9c2d2

#bacedb

#cbdae4

#dde7ed

#eef3f6

Tones

Color #98b6c9 mixed toward gray.

#9cb5c5

#a0b4c1

#a4b3bd

#a8b2b9

#acb1b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6c5 · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#a4a2c4 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#9ac1c0 · ΔE 10.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98b6c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98b6c9]

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Frequently asked questions

#98b6c9 (#98b6c9) is rgb(152, 182, 201) in RGB.

No, #98b6c9 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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