#98bbff

Color #98bbff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 18.47 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#98bbff

RGB

rgb(152, 187, 255)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 100%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 40.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(75.72, 4.93, -37.27)

LCH

lch(75.72, 37.59, 277.54)

OKLCH

oklch(79.2%, 0.1046, 263.19)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 59.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdc98

Analogous

#98efff

#98bbff

#a898ff

Triadic

#98bbff

#ff98bb

#bbff98

Split-complementary

#98bbff

#ffa898

#efff98

Tetradic

#98bbff

#dc98ff

#ffdc98

#bbff98

Square

#98bbff

#ff98ef

#ffdc98

#98ffa8

Shades

Color #98bbff mixed toward black.

#548eff

#1061ff

#0045cb

#002e88

#001744

Tints

Color #98bbff mixed toward white.

#a9c6ff

#bad2ff

#cbddff

#dde8ff

#eef4ff

Tones

Color #98bbff mixed toward gray.

#a1bef6

#a9c1ee

#b2c3e5

#bac6dd

#c3c9d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9f1 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#a6a4ed · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#9ae5e2 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 20.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98bbff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bbff]

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

#98bbff (#98bbff) is rgb(152, 187, 255) in RGB.

No, #98bbff 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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