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#98B5FA

#98b5fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98b5fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 70.98% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.2% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 222.24°, with 90.74% saturation and 78.82% 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.41.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4663

Complementary

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #fadd98

Split complementary

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #faac98
  3. #e6fa98

Analogous

  1. #98e6fa
  2. #98b5fa
  3. #ac98fa

Triadic

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #fa98b5
  3. #b5fa98

Tetradic

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #dd98fa
  3. #fadd98
  4. #b5fa98

Square

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #fa98e6
  3. #fadd98
  4. #98faac

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4eed
  2. #4f81f6
  3. #98b5fa
  4. #e1e9fe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#98b5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #89a3e1
  3. #7a91c8
  4. #6a7faf
  5. #5b6d96
  6. #4c5b7d
  7. #3d4864
  8. #2e364b
  9. #1e2432
  10. #0f1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#98b5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #a2bcfb
  3. #adc4fb
  4. #b7cbfc
  5. #c1d3fc
  6. #ccdafd
  7. #d6e1fd
  8. #e0e9fe
  9. #eaf0fe
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98b5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98b5fa
  2. #96b0ee
  3. #93aae2
  4. #91a5d5
  5. #8ea0c9
  6. #8c9bbd
  7. #8a95b1
  8. #8790a5
  9. #858b98
  10. #82858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abb5d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbbfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78c3cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb8fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95b3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86bee1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98b5fa {
  color: #98b5fa;
}
Background
.bg-98b5fa {
  background-color: #98b5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98b5fa {
  border: 2px solid #98b5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98b5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 181 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98b5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98b5fa, #ac98fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98b5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 181 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.67 #674a05 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#98b5fa  rgb(152, 181, 250)  hsl(222, 91%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#fadd98  rgb(250, 221, 152)  hsl(42, 91%, 79%)  Peach
#fa98b5  rgb(250, 152, 181)  hsl(342, 91%, 79%)  Flamingo Pink
#b5fa98  rgb(181, 250, 152)  hsl(102, 91%, 79%)  Pale Green