#98FFEE

sRGB: 152 / 255 / 238

Restless currents illuminate hidden paths
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#98FFEE belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 152 red, 255 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 170.1° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 152, 255, 238
HSL: 170.10°, 100.00%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 170.10°, 40.39%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 40.39%, 0.00%, 6.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.138, 84.366, 93.796
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.609, -33.891, -1.305
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84368
24-bit decimal: 10026990

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #98FFEE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.87:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FF98A9 sits half a turn (180°) from #98FFEE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#98FFEE #FF98A9

Analogous

#98FFBB and #98DCFF sit 30° to either side of #98FFEE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#98FFBB #98FFEE #98DCFF

Triadic

#98FFEE, #EE98FF and #FFEE98 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#98FFEE #EE98FF #FFEE98

Split complementary

Start at #98FFEE and look across the wheel. #FF98DC and #FFBB98 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#98FFEE #FF98DC #FFBB98

Square

Starting with #98FFEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BB98FF, #FF98A9, then #DCFF98. Across the square, #98FFEE pairs with #FF98A9, and #BB98FF with #DCFF98.

#98FFEE #BB98FF #FF98A9 #DCFF98

Tetradic

#98FFEE and #FF98A9 are opposites, as are #98A9FF and #FFEE98. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#98FFEE #98A9FF #FF98A9 #FFEE98

Tints

Mixing #98FFEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ADFFF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAFFFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#98FFEE #ADFFF1 #C1FFF5 #D6FFF8 #EAFFFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #98FFEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7ACCBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E3330, the mixture is 80% black.

#98FFEE #7ACCBE #5B998F #3D665F #1E3330 #000000

Tones

Mixing #98FFEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #93E6D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #859996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#98FFEE #93E6D8 #8ECCC2 #8AB3AC #859996 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#98FFEE

RGB

rgb(152 255 238)

HSL

hsl(170.097 100.000% 79.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #98FFEE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#98FFEE uses 152 red, 255 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 59.6%

Green 100.0%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #98FFEE is 40.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 40.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 6.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99FFEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9FE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #98FFEE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99FFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #99FFEE Nearest web-safe: #99FFFF

Gradient to complement

#98FFEE #A9EEE3 #BADDD7 #CCCCCC #DDBAC0 #EEA9B5 #FF98A9

Color vision previews

Compare how #98FFEE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F6F4ED

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E5E7F0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#71FFFA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBF7EE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D2F0EF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#97FFF2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EDEDED

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C8F6ED

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.31399 G 1.00000 B 0.85499

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69136 G 0.98992 B 0.93394

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.43578 G 0.97723 B 0.85625

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.265 y 0.348 Y 84.366

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 40.392 M % 0.000 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10011000 11111111 11101110