Information about #998BDE color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated deep-sea blue, #998BDE appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Light Persian Blue (#968BE7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Perrywinkle (#8F8CE7) and Unicorn (#9F90D0).
The recipe behind #998BDE is rgb(153, 139, 222), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #998BDE: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for white. #998BDE has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#998BDE color variations
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#998BDE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#998BDE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#998BDE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#998BDE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#998BDE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #998BDE color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #998BDE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#968BE7
#8F8CE7
#9F90D0
#A285D1
#8B96E7
#8B98D8
#A899E6
#AE8BE7
#9FA2D7
#97A0CE
#A29ECD
#92A1CF
#998BDE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#998BDE
- RGB153, 139, 222
- CMYK27, 33, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(153, 139, 222)
- HSL250°, 56%, 71%
- HSL Precise250.12°, 55.705%, 70.784%
- HSV250°, 37%, 87%
- HSB250°, 37%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
- GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.545, 0.871)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.545, 0.871, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.545, 0.871)
- Percentage of Red in RGB60%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID998BDE
- DECIMAL ID10062814
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
