Information about #498CC2 color

#498CC2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#498CC2 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 140, 194) — 28.6% red, 54.9% green, 76.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 47 / 21 / 0 / 24. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #498CC2 reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Silk Blue (#488AC7). Slightly further away sit Cyan Blue Azure (#4682BF) and Float (#4C81C3).

The recipe behind #498CC2 is rgb(73, 140, 194), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.6:1. #498CC2 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#498CC2 color variations

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

#498CC2 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #498CC2

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

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#498CC2
  • RGB73, 140, 194
  • CMYK47, 21, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(73, 140, 194)
  • HSL207°, 50%, 52%
  • HSL Precise206.777°, 49.794%, 52.353%
  • HSV207°, 62%, 76%
  • HSB207°, 62%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.549, 0.761)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.549, 0.761, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.549, 0.761)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID498CC2
  • DECIMAL ID4820162
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01