#98bbed

Color #98bbed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#98bbed

RGB

rgb(152, 187, 237)

HSL

hsl(215.3, 70.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.3, 35.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(75.03, 0.19, -28.64)

LCH

lch(75.03, 28.64, 270.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.5%, 0.0812, 257.26)

HWB

hwb(215.3, 59.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edca98

Analogous

#98e5ed

#98bbed

#a098ed

Triadic

#98bbed

#ed98bb

#bbed98

Split-complementary

#98bbed

#eda098

#e5ed98

Tetradic

#98bbed

#ca98ed

#edca98

#bbed98

Square

#98bbed

#ed98e5

#edca98

#98eda0

Shades

Color #98bbed mixed toward black.

#6197e3

#2a72da

#1d55a6

#13396e

#0a1c37

Tints

Color #98bbed mixed toward white.

#a9c6f0

#bad2f3

#ccddf6

#dde8f9

#eef4fc

Tones

Color #98bbed mixed toward gray.

#9fbce6

#a6bedf

#adbfd8

#b4c0d1

#bbc1ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9e2 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#a6a4e0 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#9ad9d7 · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98bbed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bbed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#98bbed (#98bbed) is rgb(152, 187, 237) in RGB.

No, #98bbed 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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