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#498ACA

#498aca ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#498aca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 54.12% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.86% cyan, 31.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 209.77°, with 54.89% saturation and 53.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.76.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2386

Complementary

  1. #498aca
  2. #ca8949

Split complementary

  1. #498aca
  2. #ca4949
  3. #cac949

Analogous

  1. #49cac9
  2. #498aca
  3. #4949ca

Triadic

  1. #498aca
  2. #ca498a
  3. #8aca49

Tetradic

  1. #498aca
  2. #8949ca
  3. #ca8949
  4. #8aca49

Square

  1. #498aca
  2. #c949ca
  3. #ca8949
  4. #49ca49

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3d5e
  2. #2d649a
  3. #498aca
  4. #84b0db
  5. #bfd6ed

Shades

#498aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #498aca
  2. #427cb6
  3. #3a6ea2
  4. #33618d
  5. #2c5379
  6. #254565
  7. #1d3751
  8. #16293d
  9. #0f1c28
  10. #070e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#498aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #498aca
  2. #5b96cf
  3. #6da1d5
  4. #80adda
  5. #92b9df
  6. #a4c5e5
  7. #b6d0ea
  8. #c8dcef
  9. #dbe8f4
  10. #edf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#498aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #498aca
  2. #4f89c3
  3. #5488bb
  4. #5a87b4
  5. #5f86ac
  6. #6585a5
  7. #6a849e
  8. #708396
  9. #75828f
  10. #7b8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7288a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e8dcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d80c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0099a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #618ccc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5584c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0693b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-498aca {
  color: #498aca;
}
Background
.bg-498aca {
  background-color: #498aca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-498aca {
  border: 2px solid #498aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #498aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 138 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-498aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #498aca, #4949ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-498aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 138 202 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.76 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.81 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.30 #b67535 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#498aca  rgb(73, 138, 202)  hsl(210, 55%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#ca8949  rgb(202, 137, 73)  hsl(30, 55%, 54%)  Peru
#ca498a  rgb(202, 73, 138)  hsl(330, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#8aca49  rgb(138, 202, 73)  hsl(90, 55%, 54%)  Yellow Green