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#98BFDD

#98bfdd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98bfdd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 74.9% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.22% cyan, 13.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 206.09°, with 50.36% saturation and 73.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.4916

Complementary

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #ddb698

Split complementary

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #dd989d
  3. #ddd998

Analogous

  1. #98ddd9
  2. #98bfdd
  3. #989ddd

Triadic

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #dd98bf
  3. #bfdd98

Tetradic

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #b698dd
  3. #ddb698
  4. #bfdd98

Square

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #d998dd
  3. #ddb698
  4. #9ddd98

Monochromatic

  1. #3775a5
  2. #5f9bca
  3. #98bfdd
  4. #d2e3f0
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#98bfdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #89acc7
  3. #7a99b1
  4. #6a869b
  5. #5b7385
  6. #4c606f
  7. #3d4c58
  8. #2e3942
  9. #1e262c
  10. #0f1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#98bfdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #a2c5e0
  3. #adcce4
  4. #b7d2e7
  5. #c1d9eb
  6. #ccdfee
  7. #d6e5f1
  8. #e0ecf5
  9. #eaf2f8
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98bfdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98bfdd
  2. #96b9d4
  3. #93b2ca
  4. #91acc1
  5. #8ea6b8
  6. #8ca0af
  7. #8a99a5
  8. #87939c
  9. #858d93
  10. #828689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbcc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bedf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b7dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bfde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3badd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8cc3d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98bfdd {
  color: #98bfdd;
}
Background
.bg-98bfdd {
  background-color: #98bfdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98bfdd {
  border: 2px solid #98bfdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98bfdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 191 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 50% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98bfdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98bfdd, #989ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98bfdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 191 221 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.67 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.81 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.99 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.25 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.71 #674022 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#98bfdd  rgb(152, 191, 221)  hsl(206, 50%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#ddb698  rgb(221, 182, 152)  hsl(26, 50%, 73%)  Tumbleweed
#dd98bf  rgb(221, 152, 191)  hsl(326, 50%, 73%)  Lilac
#bfdd98  rgb(191, 221, 152)  hsl(86, 50%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple