#498A99
A medium, moderate cyan closely aligning with Cadetblue.
About #498A99
The precise color #498A99 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Cadetblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 73, 138, and 153.
If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 52% cyan and 10% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 191.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.