All About Color #48879D

#48879D

About #48879D

#48879D is a medium blue color with the hex code #48879D. In RGB it is red 72, green 135, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 196°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 14%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 4.02:1 on white and 5.23:1 on black.

#48879D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 87, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 14.01%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 135, 157
HSL196°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 207, 235
HSV (HSB)195.53°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10000111, 10011101
CIE-L*AB53.10, -13.83, -17.94
RGB Percent28.24%, 52.94%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH53.10, 22.65, 232.38
XYZ17.42, 21.14, 35.06
CIE-L*UV53.10, -27.16, -24.59
xyY0.24, 0.29, 21.14
Hunter-Lab45.98, -12.82, -13.03
RYB28.24%, 42.42%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48879D on a dark background: contrast 5.23:1, passes WCAG AA.
#48879D on a light background: contrast 4.02:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48879D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48879D · #7EB1C4 · #2B515E · #9D5F48 · #C4907E

Analogous palette

#489D5F · #489D89 · #48879D · #485C9D · #5F489D

Triadic palette

#48879D · #9D4887 · #879D48 · #7EB1C4 · #C47EB1

Tetradic palette

#48879D · #89489D · #9D5F48 · #5C9D48 · #2B515E

Monochromatic palette

#182D34 · #305A69 · #48879D · #73ABBF · #A8CAD7

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