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#98CEFF

#98ceff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98ceff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 80.78% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.39% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 208.54°, 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 12.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.9.

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Relative luminance0.5804

Complementary

  1. #98ceff
  2. #ffc998

Split complementary

  1. #98ceff
  2. #ff989a
  3. #fffc98

Analogous

  1. #98fffc
  2. #98ceff
  3. #989aff

Triadic

  1. #98ceff
  2. #ff98ce
  3. #ceff98

Tetradic

  1. #98ceff
  2. #c998ff
  3. #ffc998
  4. #ceff98

Square

  1. #98ceff
  2. #fc98ff
  3. #ffc998
  4. #9aff98

Monochromatic

  1. #0085fe
  2. #4baaff
  3. #98ceff
  4. #e4f2ff
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#98ceff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98ceff
  2. #89b9e6
  3. #7aa5cc
  4. #6a90b3
  5. #5b7c99
  6. #4c6780
  7. #3d5266
  8. #2e3e4d
  9. #1e2933
  10. #0f151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#98ceff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98ceff
  2. #a2d3ff
  3. #add8ff
  4. #b7ddff
  5. #c1e2ff
  6. #cce7ff
  7. #d6ebff
  8. #e0f0ff
  9. #eaf5ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98ceff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98ceff
  2. #96c6f2
  3. #93bee6
  4. #91b7d9
  5. #8eafcc
  6. #8ca7c0
  7. #8a9fb3
  8. #8797a6
  9. #859099
  10. #82888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7cbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baceff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adc4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72dade ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeceff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5c8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83d5ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98ceff {
  color: #98ceff;
}
Background
.bg-98ceff {
  background-color: #98ceff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98ceff {
  border: 2px solid #98ceff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98ceff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 206 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98ceff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98ceff, #989aff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98ceff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 206 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.07 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.39 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.74 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.43 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.98 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.00 #673100 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#98ceff  rgb(152, 206, 255)  hsl(209, 100%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffc998  rgb(255, 201, 152)  hsl(29, 100%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#ff98ce  rgb(255, 152, 206)  hsl(329, 100%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#ceff98  rgb(206, 255, 152)  hsl(89, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm