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#98B2FF

#98b2ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98b2ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 69.8% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.39% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 224.85°, with 100% saturation and 79.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.91.

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Relative luminance0.4574

Complementary

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #ffe598

Split complementary

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #ffb198
  3. #e6ff98

Analogous

  1. #98e6ff
  2. #98b2ff
  3. #b198ff

Triadic

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #ff98b2
  3. #b2ff98

Tetradic

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #e598ff
  3. #ffe598
  4. #b2ff98

Square

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #ff98e6
  3. #ffe598
  4. #98ffb1

Monochromatic

  1. #0040fe
  2. #4b79ff
  3. #98b2ff
  4. #e4ebff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#98b2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #89a0e6
  3. #7a8ecc
  4. #6a7db3
  5. #5b6b99
  6. #4c5980
  7. #3d4766
  8. #2e354d
  9. #1e2433
  10. #0f121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#98b2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #a2baff
  3. #adc1ff
  4. #b7c9ff
  5. #c1d1ff
  6. #ccd9ff
  7. #d6e0ff
  8. #e0e8ff
  9. #eaf0ff
  10. #f5f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98b2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98b2ff
  2. #96adf2
  3. #93a8e6
  4. #91a3d9
  5. #8e9ecc
  6. #8c99c0
  7. #8a94b3
  8. #878fa6
  9. #858a99
  10. #82858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aab3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eb0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76c2cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98b6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92b1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85bce3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98b2ff {
  color: #98b2ff;
}
Background
.bg-98b2ff {
  background-color: #98b2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98b2ff {
  border: 2px solid #98b2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98b2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 178 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98b2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98b2ff, #b198ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98b2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 178 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.48 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.68 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.90 #674d00 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#98b2ff  rgb(152, 178, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe598  rgb(255, 229, 152)  hsl(45, 100%, 80%)  Jasmine
#ff98b2  rgb(255, 152, 178)  hsl(345, 100%, 80%)  Flamingo Pink
#b2ff98  rgb(178, 255, 152)  hsl(105, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green