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Recognised as Colour

#98BFDD

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

#98BFDD is a blue with RGB values 152, 191, 221 and HSL 206°, 50%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#98BFDD#98BFDD
HEX#98BFDD
RGBrgb(152, 191, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.749, 0.8667
RGB percentages59.6%, 74.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(206.1, 50.4%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.1, 31.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK31.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,010,589
CSS custom property--colour: #98BFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#674022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BEDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#82C6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 12.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.4Silver · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDB698
Analogous#98DDD9, #989DDD
Triadic#DD98BF, #BFDD98
Split complementary#DD989D, #DDD998
Tetradic#D998DD, #DDB698, #9DDD98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EFF6
Lighter +10%#BED7EA
Darker −10%#72A7D0
Darker −20%#4B8FC4
Darker −30%#3775A5
Darker −40%#2A5A7F
More saturated +25%#87C1EE
Less saturated −25%#A9BDCC

Channel breakdown

R152
G191
B221
Red152 (59.6%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue206.09°
Saturation (HSL)50.36%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G BF · B DD

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