Recognised as Colour

#98E1FC

#98E1FC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#98E1FC is a cyan with RGB values 152, 225, 252 and HSL 196°, 94%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#98E1FC#98E1FC

HEX#98E1FC

RGBrgb(152, 225, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.8824, 0.9882

RGB percentages59.6%, 88.2%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(196.2, 94.3%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 39.7%, 98.8%)

CMYK39.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,019,324

CSS custom property--colour: #98E1FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.51:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#671E03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1DDFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2D1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#70EAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.7 Light blue · ΔE 10.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5 Powder blue · ΔE 12.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FCB398

Analogous#98FCE5, #98AFFC

Triadic#FC98E1, #E1FC98

Split complementary#FC98AF, #FCE598

Tetradic#E598FC, #FCB398, #AFFC98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFEFF

Lighter +10%#CAEFFD

Darker −10%#66D3FB

Darker −20%#35C4F9

Darker −30%#07B4F4

Darker −40%#068FC2

More saturated +25%#95E2FF

Less saturated −25%#A5DBEF

Channel breakdown

R152

G225

B252

Red152 (59.6%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue196.2°

Saturation (HSL)94.34%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 98 · G E1 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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