#498dca

Color #498dca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.34 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#498dca

RGB

rgb(73, 141, 202)

HSL

hsl(208.4, 54.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.4, 63.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(56.81, -2.58, -37.91)

LCH

lch(56.81, 38, 266.11)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1155, 247.83)

HWB

hwb(208.4, 28.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca8649

Analogous

#49cac7

#498dca

#494cca

Triadic

#498dca

#ca498d

#8dca49

Split-complementary

#498dca

#ca494c

#cac749

Tetradic

#498dca

#8649ca

#ca8649

#8dca49

Square

#498dca

#c749ca

#ca8649

#4cca49

Shades

Color #498dca mixed toward black.

#3476b1

#295e8e

#1f476a

#152f47

#0a1823

Tints

Color #498dca mixed toward white.

#67a0d3

#86b3dc

#a4c6e4

#c2d9ed

#e1ecf6

Tones

Color #498dca mixed toward gray.

#548cbf

#5e8cb4

#698baa

#748b9f

#7f8a94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ebe · ΔE 16

Deuteranopia

#6964ba · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#4eb3b0 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #498dca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498dca]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#498dca (#498dca) is rgb(73, 141, 202) in RGB.

No, #498dca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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