#98BDFF#98BDFF

#98BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.103 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98BDFF
RGB	rgb(152, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(218, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(218, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 3.83, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 36.66, 275.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0148 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.103 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1908, 50.2879, 101.7029)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#98BDFF #FFDA98

analogous

#98F0FF #98BDFF #A798FF

triadic

#98BDFF #FF98BD #BDFF98

tetradic

#98BDFF #FF98F0 #FFDA98 #98FFA7

square

#98BDFF #FF98F0 #FFDA98 #98FFA7

split-complementary

#98BDFF #FFA798 #F0FF98

monochromatic

#1E6FFF #5B96FF #98BDFF #D5E4FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#98BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#98BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98BDFF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98BDFF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75CBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.103 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad0ff',
    500: '#98bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98bdff;
$custom-light: #bad0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.447,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79626,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98BDFF

secondary

#E2B159

accent

#9300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#121418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #98BDFF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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