All About Color #48859D

#48859D

About #48859D

#48859D is a medium blue color with the hex code #48859D. In RGB it is red 72, green 133, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 197°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 15%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 4.10:1 on white and 5.12:1 on black.

#48859D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 85, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 15.29%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 133, 157
HSL197°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 205, 235
HSV (HSB)196.94°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10000101, 10011101
CIE-L*AB52.49, -12.72, -18.87
RGB Percent28.24%, 52.16%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH52.49, 22.76, 236.02
XYZ17.15, 20.59, 34.97
CIE-L*UV52.49, -26.38, -26.13
xyY0.24, 0.28, 20.59
Hunter-Lab45.37, -11.95, -13.93
RYB28.24%, 42.16%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48859D on a dark background: contrast 5.12:1, passes WCAG AA.
#48859D on a light background: contrast 4.10:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48859D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48859D · #7EB0C4 · #2B505E · #9D6048 · #C4927E

Analogous palette

#489D60 · #489D8B · #48859D · #485B9D · #60489D

Triadic palette

#48859D · #9D4885 · #859D48 · #7EB0C4 · #C47EB0

Tetradic palette

#48859D · #8B489D · #9D6048 · #5B9D48 · #2B505E

Monochromatic palette

#182C34 · #305969 · #48859D · #73A9BF · #A8C9D7

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