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#98CAFD

#98cafd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98cafd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 79.22% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.92% cyan, 20.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 210.3°, with 96.19% saturation and 79.41% 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 12.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.97.

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Relative luminance0.5601

Complementary

  1. #98cafd
  2. #fdcb98

Split complementary

  1. #98cafd
  2. #fd9898
  3. #fcfd98

Analogous

  1. #98fcfd
  2. #98cafd
  3. #9898fd

Triadic

  1. #98cafd
  2. #fd98ca
  3. #cafd98

Tetradic

  1. #98cafd
  2. #cb98fd
  3. #fdcb98
  4. #cafd98

Square

  1. #98cafd
  2. #fd98fc
  3. #fdcb98
  4. #98fd98

Monochromatic

  1. #057df7
  2. #4da3fc
  3. #98cafd
  4. #e3f1fe
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#98cafd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98cafd
  2. #89b6e4
  3. #7aa2ca
  4. #6a8db1
  5. #5b7998
  6. #4c657f
  7. #3d5165
  8. #2e3d4c
  9. #1e2833
  10. #0f1419
  11. #000000

Tints

#98cafd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98cafd
  2. #a2cffd
  3. #add5fd
  4. #b7dafe
  5. #c1dffe
  6. #cce5fe
  7. #d6eafe
  8. #e0effe
  9. #eaf4ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98cafd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98cafd
  2. #96c3f1
  3. #93bbe4
  4. #91b4d8
  5. #8eaccb
  6. #8ca5bf
  7. #8a9eb2
  8. #8796a6
  9. #858f99
  10. #82878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5c7de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac1fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74d6db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abcbfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3c5fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84d1e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98cafd {
  color: #98cafd;
}
Background
.bg-98cafd {
  background-color: #98cafd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98cafd {
  border: 2px solid #98cafd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98cafd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 202 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 96% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98cafd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98cafd, #9898fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98cafd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 202 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.32 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.41 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.91 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.35 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.66 #673502 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#98cafd  rgb(152, 202, 253)  hsl(210, 96%, 79%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdcb98  rgb(253, 203, 152)  hsl(30, 96%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#fd98ca  rgb(253, 152, 202)  hsl(330, 96%, 79%)  Carnation Pink
#cafd98  rgb(202, 253, 152)  hsl(90, 96%, 79%)  Inchworm