#98bcff

Color #98bcff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#98bcff

RGB

rgb(152, 188, 255)

HSL

hsl(219, 100%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 40.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(75.98, 4.38, -36.87)

LCH

lch(75.98, 37.13, 276.77)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.1036, 262.46)

HWB

hwb(219, 59.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdb98

Analogous

#98f0ff

#98bcff

#a798ff

Triadic

#98bcff

#ff98bc

#bcff98

Split-complementary

#98bcff

#ffa798

#f0ff98

Tetradic

#98bcff

#db98ff

#ffdb98

#bcff98

Square

#98bcff

#ff98f0

#ffdb98

#98ffa7

Shades

Color #98bcff mixed toward black.

#5490ff

#1064ff

#0047cb

#002f88

#001844

Tints

Color #98bcff mixed toward white.

#a9c7ff

#bad2ff

#cbdeff

#dde9ff

#eef4ff

Tones

Color #98bcff mixed toward gray.

#a1bff6

#a9c1ee

#b2c4e5

#bac6dd

#c3c9d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9f1 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#a7a4ed · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#9ae5e2 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 20.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #98bcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bcff]

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

#98bcff (#98bcff) is rgb(152, 188, 255) in RGB.

No, #98bcff 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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