#498988

Color #498988

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.33 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#498988

RGB

rgb(73, 137, 136)

HSL

hsl(179.1, 30.5%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.1, 46.7%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(53.04, -20.74, -5.84)

LCH

lch(53.04, 21.55, 195.73)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0659, 194.23)

HWB

hwb(179.1, 28.6%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89494a

Analogous

#498968

#498988

#496a89

Triadic

#498988

#884989

#898849

Split-complementary

#498988

#89496a

#896849

Tetradic

#498988

#494a89

#89494a

#898849

Square

#498988

#684989

#89494a

#6a8949

Shades

Color #498988 mixed toward black.

#3d7271

#315b5b

#254544

#182e2d

#0c1717

Tints

Color #498988 mixed toward white.

#5ca8a7

#7dbab9

#9dcbca

#bedcdc

#deeeed

Tones

Color #498988 mixed toward gray.

#4e8483

#547e7e

#597979

#5e7473

#646e6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b88 · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#676288 · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#4e8888 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #498988;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498988]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#498988 (#498988) is rgb(73, 137, 136) in RGB.

No, #498988 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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