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#98B8F2

#98b8f2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98b8f2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 72.16% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.19% cyan, 23.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 218.67°, with 77.59% saturation and 77.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.55.

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Relative luminance0.4737

Complementary

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #f2d298

Split complementary

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #f2a598
  3. #e5f298

Analogous

  1. #98e5f2
  2. #98b8f2
  3. #a598f2

Triadic

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #f298b8
  3. #b8f298

Tetradic

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #d298f2
  3. #f2d298
  4. #b8f298

Square

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #f298e5
  3. #f2d298
  4. #98f2a5

Monochromatic

  1. #1b5dd6
  2. #5489e9
  3. #98b8f2
  4. #dce7fb
  5. #edf3fd

Shades

#98b8f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #89a6da
  3. #7a93c2
  4. #6a81a9
  5. #5b6e91
  6. #4c5c79
  7. #3d4a61
  8. #2e3749
  9. #1e2530
  10. #0f1218
  11. #000000

Tints

#98b8f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #a2bff3
  3. #adc6f5
  4. #b7cdf6
  5. #c1d4f7
  6. #ccdcf9
  7. #d6e3fa
  8. #e0eafb
  9. #eaf1fc
  10. #f5f8fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98b8f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98b8f2
  2. #96b2e7
  3. #93addb
  4. #91a7d0
  5. #8ea2c4
  6. #8c9cb9
  7. #8a96ae
  8. #8791a2
  9. #858b97
  10. #82868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abb7d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4bcf5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab3f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bc4cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbaf4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab5f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88bfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98b8f2 {
  color: #98b8f2;
}
Background
.bg-98b8f2 {
  background-color: #98b8f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98b8f2 {
  border: 2px solid #98b8f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98b8f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 184 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 78% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98b8f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98b8f2, #a598f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98b8f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 184 242 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.42 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.70 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.47 #67470d Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#98b8f2  rgb(152, 184, 242)  hsl(219, 78%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#f2d298  rgb(242, 210, 152)  hsl(39, 78%, 77%)  Sunset
#f298b8  rgb(242, 152, 184)  hsl(339, 78%, 77%)  Carnation Pink
#b8f298  rgb(184, 242, 152)  hsl(99, 78%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple