All About Color #488E7C

#488E7C

About #488E7C

#488E7C is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488E7C. In RGB it is red 72, green 142, blue 124; in HSL it is hue 165°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 0%, 13%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 3.86:1 on white and 5.44:1 on black.

#488E7C Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8E, 7C
CMYK49.30%, 0.00%, 12.68%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 142, 124
HSL165°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 216, 174
HSV (HSB)164.57°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001110, 1111100
CIE-L*AB54.22, -26.67, 2.81
RGB Percent28.24%, 55.69%, 48.63%
CIE-L*CH54.22, 26.82, 173.99
XYZ15.98, 22.18, 22.51
CIE-L*UV54.22, -31.16, 7.96
xyY0.26, 0.37, 22.18
Hunter-Lab47.09, -21.83, 4.63
RYB28.24%, 43.99%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488E7C on a dark background: contrast 5.44:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488E7C on a light background: contrast 3.86:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488E7C, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#488E7C · #77BBAA · #295147 · #8E4859 · #BB7788

Analogous palette

#598E48 · #488E59 · #488E7C · #487D8E · #48598E

Triadic palette

#488E7C · #7D488E · #8E7D48 · #77BBAA · #AA77BB

Tetradic palette

#488E7C · #59488E · #8E4859 · #7D8E48 · #295147

Monochromatic palette

#152924 · #2E5C50 · #488E7C · #6DB6A3 · #A0CFC3

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