#98bfdb

Color #98bfdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.69 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#98bfdb

RGB

rgb(152, 191, 219)

HSL

hsl(205.1, 48.2%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.1, 30.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(75.48, -6.47, -18.22)

LCH

lch(75.48, 19.33, 250.45)

OKLCH

oklch(78.6%, 0.0578, 239.67)

HWB

hwb(205.1, 59.6%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbb498

Analogous

#98dbd5

#98bfdb

#989ddb

Triadic

#98bfdb

#db98bf

#bfdb98

Split-complementary

#98bfdb

#db989d

#dbd598

Tetradic

#98bfdb

#b498db

#dbb498

#bfdb98

Square

#98bfdb

#d598db

#dbb498

#9ddb98

Shades

Color #98bfdb mixed toward black.

#6aa2cb

#4085b7

#306489

#20435c

#10212e

Tints

Color #98bfdb mixed toward white.

#a9cae1

#bad4e7

#cbdfed

#ddeaf3

#eef4f9

Tones

Color #98bfdb mixed toward gray.

#9dbed5

#a3bdd0

#a9bcca

#aebbc5

#b4babf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaabd5 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a5d3 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#9acfce · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98bfdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98bfdb]

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Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#98bfdb (#98bfdb) is rgb(152, 191, 219) in RGB.

No, #98bfdb 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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