#498e8a

Color #498e8a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.73 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#498e8a

RGB

rgb(73, 142, 138)

HSL

hsl(176.5, 32.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.5, 48.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.65, -22.79, -4.61)

LCH

lch(54.65, 23.25, 191.44)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0703, 190.49)

HWB

hwb(176.5, 28.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e494d

Analogous

#498e68

#498e8a

#49708e

Triadic

#498e8a

#8a498e

#8e8a49

Split-complementary

#498e8a

#8e4970

#8e6849

Tetradic

#498e8a

#494d8e

#8e494d

#8e8a49

Square

#498e8a

#68498e

#8e494d

#708e49

Shades

Color #498e8a mixed toward black.

#3d7673

#315f5c

#254745

#182f2e

#0c1817

Tints

Color #498e8a mixed toward white.

#5daca7

#7dbcb9

#9ecdca

#bededc

#dfeeed

Tones

Color #498e8a mixed toward gray.

#4f8885

#558380

#5a7d7b

#607776

#667171

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e8b · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#6a648b · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#4e8c8c · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #498e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498e8a]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#498e8a (#498e8a) is rgb(73, 142, 138) in RGB.

No, #498e8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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