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#98BEE2

#98bee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#98bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.74% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 209.19°, with 56.06% saturation and 74.12% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.32.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4899

Complementary

  1. #98bee2
  2. #e2bc98

Split complementary

  1. #98bee2
  2. #e29899
  3. #e2e198

Analogous

  1. #98e2e1
  2. #98bee2
  3. #9899e2

Triadic

  1. #98bee2
  2. #e298be
  3. #bee298

Tetradic

  1. #98bee2
  2. #bc98e2
  3. #e2bc98
  4. #bee298

Square

  1. #98bee2
  2. #e198e2
  3. #e2bc98
  4. #99e298

Monochromatic

  1. #3172b0
  2. #5c98d1
  3. #98bee2
  4. #d4e4f3
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#98bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #98bee2
  2. #89abcb
  3. #7a98b5
  4. #6a859e
  5. #5b7288
  6. #4c5f71
  7. #3d4c5a
  8. #2e3944
  9. #1e262d
  10. #0f1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#98bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #98bee2
  2. #a2c5e5
  3. #adcbe8
  4. #b7d2eb
  5. #c1d8ee
  6. #ccdff1
  7. #d6e5f3
  8. #e0ecf6
  9. #eaf2f9
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#98bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #98bee2
  2. #96b8d8
  3. #93b2ce
  4. #91abc5
  5. #8ea5bb
  6. #8c9fb1
  7. #8a99a7
  8. #87939d
  9. #858c94
  10. #82868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbccb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bee4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b6e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81c6ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bee3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1bae2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8bc3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-98bee2 {
  color: #98bee2;
}
Background
.bg-98bee2 {
  background-color: #98bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-98bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #98bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #98bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 56% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-98bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98bee2, #9899e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-98bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.32 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.60 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.62 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.74 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.46 #67411d Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#98bee2  rgb(152, 190, 226)  hsl(209, 56%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2bc98  rgb(226, 188, 152)  hsl(29, 56%, 74%)  Burly Wood
#e298be  rgb(226, 152, 190)  hsl(329, 56%, 74%)  Carnation Pink
#bee298  rgb(190, 226, 152)  hsl(89, 56%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple