#98b7ed

Color #98b7ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#98b7ed

RGB

rgb(152, 183, 237)

HSL

hsl(218.1, 70.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.1, 35.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(73.97, 2.38, -30.28)

LCH

lch(73.97, 30.37, 274.49)

OKLCH

oklch(77.6%, 0.0849, 261.33)

HWB

hwb(218.1, 59.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edce98

Analogous

#98e2ed

#98b7ed

#a498ed

Triadic

#98b7ed

#ed98b7

#b7ed98

Split-complementary

#98b7ed

#eda498

#e2ed98

Tetradic

#98b7ed

#ce98ed

#edce98

#b7ed98

Square

#98b7ed

#ed98e2

#edce98

#98eda4

Shades

Color #98b7ed mixed toward black.

#6191e3

#2a6ada

#1d4fa6

#13356e

#0a1a37

Tints

Color #98b7ed mixed toward white.

#a9c3f0

#bacff3

#ccdbf6

#dde7f9

#eef3fc

Tones

Color #98b7ed mixed toward gray.

#9fb9e6

#a6bbdf

#adbdd8

#b4bfd1

#bbc1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7e1 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#a5a2df · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#9ad8d6 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98b7ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98b7ed]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#98b7ed (#98b7ed) is rgb(152, 183, 237) in RGB.

No, #98b7ed 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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