#98bbfb

Color #98bbfb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.74 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#98bbfb

RGB

rgb(152, 187, 251)

HSL

hsl(218.8, 92.5%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.8, 39.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(75.56, 3.86, -35.37)

LCH

lch(75.56, 35.58, 276.23)

OKLCH

oklch(79%, 0.0993, 262.13)

HWB

hwb(218.8, 59.6%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbd898

Analogous

#98ecfb

#98bbfb

#a698fb

Triadic

#98bbfb

#fb98bb

#bbfb98

Split-complementary

#98bbfb

#fba698

#ecfb98

Tetradic

#98bbfb

#d898fb

#fbd898

#bbfb98

Square

#98bbfb

#fb98ec

#fbd898

#98fba6

Shades

Color #98bbfb mixed toward black.

#5790f8

#1766f6

#0849c2

#053181

#031841

Tints

Color #98bbfb mixed toward white.

#a9c6fc

#bad2fc

#cbddfd

#dde8fe

#eef4fe

Tones

Color #98bbfb mixed toward gray.

#a0bdf3

#a8c0ea

#b1c2e2

#b9c5da

#c1c7d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9ee · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#a6a4ea · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#9ae2e0 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98bbfb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bbfb]

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

#98bbfb (#98bbfb) is rgb(152, 187, 251) in RGB.

No, #98bbfb 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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