#98c5d9

Color #98c5d9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 7.56 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#98c5d9

RGB

rgb(152, 197, 217)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 46.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 30%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(77.05, -10.13, -14.77)

LCH

lch(77.05, 17.91, 235.56)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0553, 226.98)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 59.6%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9ac98

Analogous

#98d9cd

#98c5d9

#98a5d9

Triadic

#98c5d9

#d998c5

#c5d998

Split-complementary

#98c5d9

#d998a5

#d9cd98

Tetradic

#98c5d9

#ac98d9

#d9ac98

#c5d998

Square

#98c5d9

#cd98d9

#d9ac98

#a5d998

Shades

Color #98c5d9 mixed toward black.

#6bacc8

#4291b4

#326d87

#21485a

#11242d

Tints

Color #98c5d9 mixed toward white.

#a9cfdf

#bad8e6

#cce2ec

#ddecf2

#eef5f9

Tones

Color #98c5d9 mixed toward gray.

#9ec3d4

#a3c1ce

#a8bfc9

#aebdc3

#b3bbbe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaed4 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#aba7d3 · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#9bd1d0 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98c5d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98c5d9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#98c5d9 (#98c5d9) is rgb(152, 197, 217) in RGB.

No, #98c5d9 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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