Light Cornflower Blue #98C1D9

About this color

#98C1D9 is a light, muted blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.055 and its hue 234°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Light Cornflower Blue. Black text reads best on it, at 10.96:1.

Colors that go with Light Cornflower Blue

Matches found by rotating Light Cornflower Blue around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Light Cornflower Blue

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Cornflower Blue, closest first.

• Steam and Rainfall
• Sherbet Treat
• Dove and Hush
• Kelp Drift
• Granite Range
• Cairn Trail
• Basalt and Summit
• Opal Daydream

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Cornflower Blue, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Grey Blue #9DBCD4 ΔE 0.014
• Cloudy Blue #ACC2D9 ΔE 0.025
• Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE ΔE 0.032
• Sky Blue #87CEEB ΔE 0.038
• French Gray #ADB5BD ΔE 0.046
• Lightblue #7BC8F6 ΔE 0.046
• Light Blue Grey #B7C9E2 ΔE 0.047
• Light Sky Blue #87CEFA ΔE 0.050

More about Light Cornflower Blue

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Light Cornflower Blue

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part blue
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #93BFD9, a difference of ΔE 0.008 from Light Cornflower Blue. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Cornflower Blue in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Cornflower Blue

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F1F6FA

   oklch(97.1% 0.008 241.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E0ECF3

   oklch(93.6% 0.016 233)

3. Step 200

   200

   #C6DDEB

   oklch(88.5% 0.031 234.5)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #98C1D9

   oklch(79% 0.055 234.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #66AAD0

   oklch(70.8% 0.089 234.4)

6. Step 500

   500

   #3294C3

   oklch(63.1% 0.113 233.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #007DAD

   oklch(55.6% 0.117 234.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #006992

   oklch(49.1% 0.103 234.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #005678

   oklch(42.7% 0.089 233.9)

10. Step 900

    900

    #0A4763

    oklch(37.6% 0.075 234.9)

11. Step 950

    950

    #0A2A3A

    oklch(27% 0.047 234.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Cornflower Blue with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.