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#98C9FF

#98c9ff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98c9ff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 78.82% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.39% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 211.46°, with 100% saturation and 79.8% 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 12.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 5.61.

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Relative luminance0.5567

Complementary

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #ffce98

Split complementary

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #ff9a98
  3. #fcff98

Analogous

  1. #98fcff
  2. #98c9ff
  3. #9a98ff

Triadic

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #ff98c9
  3. #c9ff98

Tetradic

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #ce98ff
  3. #ffce98
  4. #c9ff98

Square

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #ff98fc
  3. #ffce98
  4. #98ff9a

Monochromatic

  1. #0079fe
  2. #4ba1ff
  3. #98c9ff
  4. #e4f1ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#98c9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #89b5e6
  3. #7aa1cc
  4. #6a8db3
  5. #5b7999
  6. #4c6580
  7. #3d5066
  8. #2e3c4d
  9. #1e2833
  10. #0f141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#98c9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #a2ceff
  3. #add4ff
  4. #b7d9ff
  5. #c1dfff
  6. #cce4ff
  7. #d6e9ff
  8. #e0efff
  9. #eaf4ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98c9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98c9ff
  2. #96c2f2
  3. #93bae6
  4. #91b3d9
  5. #8eaccc
  6. #8ca5c0
  7. #8a9db3
  8. #8796a6
  9. #858f99
  10. #82878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5c6de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73d5db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aacaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2c4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83d0ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98c9ff {
  color: #98c9ff;
}
Background
.bg-98c9ff {
  background-color: #98c9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98c9ff {
  border: 2px solid #98c9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98c9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 201 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98c9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98c9ff, #9a98ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98c9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 201 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.65 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.02 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.41 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.19 #673600 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#98c9ff  rgb(152, 201, 255)  hsl(211, 100%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffce98  rgb(255, 206, 152)  hsl(31, 100%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#ff98c9  rgb(255, 152, 201)  hsl(331, 100%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#c9ff98  rgb(201, 255, 152)  hsl(91, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green