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Recognised as Colour

#98BBEC

  • #98BBEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#98BBEC is a blue with RGB values 152, 187, 236 and HSL 215°, 69%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#98BBEC#98BBEC
HEX#98BBEC
RGBrgb(152, 187, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.7333, 0.9255
RGB percentages59.6%, 73.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(215, 68.9%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215, 35.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK35.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,009,580
CSS custom property--colour: #98BBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#674413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BDEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7DC6CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Light blue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9Steel blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC998
Analogous#98E5EC, #9F98EC
Triadic#EC98BB, #BBEC98
Split complementary#EC9F98, #E5EC98
Tetradic#EC98E5, #ECC998, #98EC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF4FC
Lighter +10%#C3D7F4
Darker −10%#6D9FE4
Darker −20%#4282DC
Darker −30%#2568C6
Darker −40%#1D519B
More saturated +25%#89B8FB
Less saturated −25%#A7BEDD

Channel breakdown

R152
G187
B236
Red152 (59.6%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue215°
Saturation (HSL)68.85%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G BB · B EC

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