#998ef0

Color #998ef0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 13.57 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#998ef0

RGB

rgb(153, 142, 240)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 76.6%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 40.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 40.8%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(63.68, 26.61, -47.96)

LCH

lch(63.68, 54.85, 299.02)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1412, 287.31)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 55.7%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5f08e

Analogous

#8eb4f0

#998ef0

#ca8ef0

Triadic

#998ef0

#f0998e

#8ef099

Split-complementary

#998ef0

#f0ca8e

#b4f08e

Tetradic

#998ef0

#f08ee5

#e5f08e

#8ef099

Square

#998ef0

#f08eb4

#e5f08e

#8ef0ca

Shades

Color #998ef0 mixed toward black.

#6656e9

#341ee1

#2716a9

#1a0f70

#0d0738

Tints

Color #998ef0 mixed toward white.

#aaa1f3

#bbb4f5

#ccc6f8

#ddd9fa

#eeecfd

Tones

Color #998ef0 mixed toward gray.

#9f96e8

#a69ee0

#aca6d8

#b2afcf

#b9b7c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494dd · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#9596d9 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#98cdc9 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #998ef0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#998ef0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#998ef0 (#998ef0) is rgb(153, 142, 240) in RGB.

No, #998ef0 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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