All About Color #488E8A

#488E8A

About #488E8A

#488E8A is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488E8A. In RGB it is red 72, green 142, blue 138; in HSL it is hue 177°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 0%, 3%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 3.81:1 on white and 5.51:1 on black.

#488E8A Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8E, 8A
CMYK49.30%, 0.00%, 2.82%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 142, 138
HSL177°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 216, 212
HSV (HSB)176.57°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001110, 10001010
CIE-L*AB54.61, -23.03, -4.68
RGB Percent28.24%, 55.69%, 54.12%
CIE-L*CH54.61, 23.50, 191.49
XYZ16.93, 22.56, 27.51
CIE-L*UV54.61, -30.62, -3.27
xyY0.25, 0.34, 22.56
Hunter-Lab47.50, -19.48, -1.09
RYB28.24%, 42.36%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488E8A on a dark background: contrast 5.51:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488E8A on a light background: contrast 3.81:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488E8A, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#488E8A · #77BBB7 · #29514F · #8E484B · #BB777B

Analogous palette

#4B8E48 · #488E68 · #488E8A · #486F8E · #484B8E

Triadic palette

#488E8A · #8B488E · #8E8B48 · #77BBB7 · #B777BB

Tetradic palette

#488E8A · #68488E · #8E484B · #6F8E48 · #29514F

Monochromatic palette

#152928 · #2E5C59 · #488E8A · #6DB6B2 · #A0CFCD

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