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Recognised as Colour

#98ABDA

  • #98ABDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#98ABDA is a blue with RGB values 152, 171, 218 and HSL 223°, 47%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#98ABDA#98ABDA
HEX#98ABDA
RGBrgb(152, 171, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.6706, 0.8549
RGB percentages59.6%, 67.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(222.7, 47.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 30.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK30.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,005,466
CSS custom property--colour: #98ABDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.17:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#675425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A9D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#86B4BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 18Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Thistle · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 21.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAC798
Analogous#98CCDA, #A698DA
Triadic#DA98AB, #ABDA98
Split complementary#DAA698, #CCDA98
Tetradic#DA98CC, #DAC798, #98DAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E8F5
Lighter +10%#BECAE7
Darker −10%#728CCD
Darker −20%#4D6EBF
Darker −30%#3957A0
Darker −40%#2C427A
More saturated +25%#86A4EB
Less saturated −25%#AAB2C8

Channel breakdown

R152
G171
B218
Red152 (59.6%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue222.73°
Saturation (HSL)47.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G AB · B DA

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