All About Color #48868E

#48868E

About #48868E

#48868E is a medium cyan color with the hex code #48868E. In RGB it is red 72, green 134, blue 142; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 6%, 0%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 4.14:1 on white and 5.08:1 on black.

#48868E Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 86, 8E
CMYK49.30%, 5.63%, 0.00%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 134, 142
HSL187°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 206, 216
HSV (HSB)186.86°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 10000110, 10001110
CIE-L*AB52.27, -17.71, -10.50
RGB Percent28.24%, 52.55%, 55.69%
CIE-L*CH52.27, 20.59, 210.67
XYZ16.08, 20.38, 28.68
CIE-L*UV52.27, -27.26, -12.60
xyY0.25, 0.31, 20.38
Hunter-Lab45.15, -15.43, -6.06
RYB28.24%, 41.13%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48868E on a dark background: contrast 5.08:1, passes WCAG AA.
#48868E on a light background: contrast 4.14:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48868E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48868E · #77B3BB · #294D51 · #8E5048 · #BB7F77

Analogous palette

#488E50 · #488E73 · #48868E · #48638E · #50488E

Triadic palette

#48868E · #8E4886 · #868E48 · #77B3BB · #BB77B3

Tetradic palette

#48868E · #73488E · #8E5048 · #638E48 · #294D51

Monochromatic palette

#152629 · #2E565C · #48868E · #6DADB6 · #A0CACF

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