#498f9d

Color #498f9d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#498f9d

RGB

rgb(73, 143, 157)

HSL

hsl(190, 36.5%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 53.5%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(55.58, -17.96, -14.17)

LCH

lch(55.58, 22.88, 218.27)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0734, 212.3)

HWB

hwb(190, 28.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d5749

Analogous

#499d81

#498f9d

#49659d

Triadic

#498f9d

#9d498f

#8f9d49

Split-complementary

#498f9d

#9d4965

#9d8149

Tetradic

#498f9d

#57499d

#9d5749

#8f9d49

Square

#498f9d

#81499d

#9d5749

#659d49

Shades

Color #498f9d mixed toward black.

#3d7783

#315f69

#25474e

#183034

#0c181a

Tints

Color #498f9d mixed toward white.

#60a7b5

#80b8c4

#9fcad3

#bfdce1

#dfedf0

Tones

Color #498f9d mixed toward gray.

#508a96

#57868f

#5e8188

#657c81

#6c787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6f9a · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#6a6599 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#4e9797 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #498f9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498f9d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#498f9d (#498f9d) is rgb(73, 143, 157) in RGB.

No, #498f9d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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