All About Color #48599D

#48599D

About #48599D

#48599D is a medium blue color with the hex code #48599D. In RGB it is red 72, green 89, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 228°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 43%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 6.58:1 on white and 3.19:1 on black.

#48599D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 59, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 43.31%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 89, 157
HSL228°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 131, 235
HSV (HSB)228.00°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 1011001, 10011101
CIE-L*AB39.51, 13.86, -39.13
RGB Percent28.24%, 34.90%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH39.51, 41.51, 289.50
XYZ12.33, 10.96, 33.36
CIE-L*UV39.51, -10.08, -57.54
xyY0.22, 0.19, 10.96
Hunter-Lab33.10, 8.57, -36.59
RYB28.24%, 33.79%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48599D on a dark background: contrast 3.19:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#48599D on a light background: contrast 6.58:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48599D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #48599D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#48599D · #7E8CC4 · #2B365E · #9D8C48 · #C4B67E

Analogous palette

#489D8C · #48849D · #48599D · #62489D · #8C489D

Triadic palette

#48599D · #9D4859 · #599D48 · #7E8CC4 · #C47E8C

Tetradic palette

#48599D · #9D4884 · #9D8C48 · #489D62 · #2B365E

Monochromatic palette

#181E34 · #303C69 · #48599D · #7382BF · #A8B1D7

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