#498188

Color #498188

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#498188

RGB

rgb(73, 129, 136)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 30.1%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 46.3%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(50.56, -16.46, -9.54)

LCH

lch(50.56, 19.02, 210.1)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.06, 206.01)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 28.6%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#885049

Analogous

#498870

#498188

#496288

Triadic

#498188

#884981

#818849

Split-complementary

#498188

#884962

#887049

Tetradic

#498188

#504988

#885049

#818849

Square

#498188

#704988

#885049

#628849

Shades

Color #498188 mixed toward black.

#3d6b71

#31565b

#254044

#182b2d

#0c1517

Tints

Color #498188 mixed toward white.

#5c9fa7

#7db2b9

#9dc5ca

#bed9dc

#deeced

Tones

Color #498188 mixed toward gray.

#4e7d83

#54797e

#597578

#5e7173

#636d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666686 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#635e86 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#4d8585 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 16.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #498188;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#498188]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#498188 (#498188) is rgb(73, 129, 136) in RGB.

No, #498188 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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