All About Color #488B9D

#488B9D

About #488B9D

#488B9D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488B9D. In RGB it is red 72, green 139, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 193°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 11%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.85:1 on white and 5.46:1 on black.

#488B9D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8B, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 11.46%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 139, 157
HSL193°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 213, 235
HSV (HSB)192.71°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001011, 10011101
CIE-L*AB54.32, -16.02, -16.09
RGB Percent28.24%, 54.51%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH54.32, 22.70, 225.12
XYZ17.99, 22.28, 35.25
CIE-L*UV54.32, -28.72, -21.51
xyY0.24, 0.29, 22.28
Hunter-Lab47.20, -14.56, -11.24
RYB28.24%, 42.93%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488B9D on a dark background: contrast 5.46:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488B9D on a light background: contrast 3.85:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488B9D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #488B9D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#488B9D · #7EB4C4 · #2B535E · #9D5B48 · #C48D7E

Analogous palette

#489D5B · #489D85 · #488B9D · #48609D · #5B489D

Triadic palette

#488B9D · #9D488B · #8B9D48 · #7EB4C4 · #C47EB4

Tetradic palette

#488B9D · #85489D · #9D5B48 · #609D48 · #2B535E

Monochromatic palette

#182E34 · #305D69 · #488B9D · #73AEBF · #A8CDD7

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