#98c9fb

Color #98c9fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 7.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#98c9fb

RGB

rgb(152, 201, 251)

HSL

hsl(210.3, 92.5%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.3, 39.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(79.28, -3.73, -29.64)

LCH

lch(79.28, 29.87, 262.83)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0877, 249.44)

HWB

hwb(210.3, 59.6%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbca98

Analogous

#98fafb

#98c9fb

#9898fb

Triadic

#98c9fb

#fb98c9

#c9fb98

Split-complementary

#98c9fb

#fb9898

#fafb98

Tetradic

#98c9fb

#ca98fb

#fbca98

#c9fb98

Square

#98c9fb

#fb98fa

#fbca98

#98fb98

Shades

Color #98c9fb mixed toward black.

#57a7f8

#1785f6

#0864c2

#054381

#032141

Tints

Color #98c9fb mixed toward white.

#a9d2fc

#badbfc

#cbe4fd

#ddedfe

#eef6fe

Tones

Color #98c9fb mixed toward gray.

#a0c9f3

#a8c9ea

#b1c9e2

#b9c9da

#c1c9d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afb0f0 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#ada9ed · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#9be7e5 · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #98c9fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#98c9fb]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#98c9fb (#98c9fb) is rgb(152, 201, 251) in RGB.

No, #98c9fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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