Information about #497588 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#497588 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 117, 136) — 28.6% red, 45.9% green, 53.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 7 / 0 / 47. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #497588 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Norwester (#48798A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Jelly Bean Blue (#44798E) and Wedgewood (#4C6B88).

The recipe behind #497588 is rgb(73, 117, 136), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #497588: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #497588 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#497588 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#497588 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#497588 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#497588 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#497588 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#497588 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #497588

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Norwester color link
Norwester

#48798A

Jelly Bean Blue color link
Jelly Bean Blue

#44798E

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Beetle Green color link
Beetle Green

#4C787E

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Paradiso color link
Paradiso

#488084

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Antique Blue color link
Antique Blue

#4E7B96

Bismark color link
Bismark

#486C7A

Kashmir Blue color link
Kashmir Blue

#576D8E

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

#497588 color backgrounds & wallpapers

Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#497588
  • RGB73, 117, 136
  • CMYK25, 7, 0, 47
  • CSSrgb(73, 117, 136)
  • HSL198°, 30%, 41%
  • HSL Precise198.095°, 30.144%, 40.98%
  • HSV198°, 46%, 53%
  • HSB198°, 46%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.459, 0.533)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.459, 0.533, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.459, 0.533)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB53.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID497588
  • DECIMAL ID4814216
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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