All About Color #488E8B

#488E8B

About #488E8B

#488E8B is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488E8B. In RGB it is red 72, green 142, blue 139; in HSL it is hue 177°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 0%, 2%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 3.81:1 on white and 5.52:1 on black.

#488E8B Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8E, 8B
CMYK49.30%, 0.00%, 2.11%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 142, 139
HSL177°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 216, 213
HSV (HSB)177.43°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001110, 10001011
CIE-L*AB54.65, -22.76, -5.21
RGB Percent28.24%, 55.69%, 54.51%
CIE-L*CH54.65, 23.35, 192.90
XYZ17.01, 22.59, 27.89
CIE-L*UV54.65, -30.59, -4.09
xyY0.25, 0.33, 22.59
Hunter-Lab47.53, -19.30, -1.52
RYB28.24%, 42.26%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488E8B on a dark background: contrast 5.52:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488E8B on a light background: contrast 3.81:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488E8B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#488E8B · #77BBB7 · #29514F · #8E484B · #BB777B

Analogous palette

#4B8E48 · #488E68 · #488E8B · #486F8E · #484B8E

Triadic palette

#488E8B · #8B488E · #8E8B48 · #77BBB7 · #B777BB

Tetradic palette

#488E8B · #68488E · #8E484B · #6F8E48 · #29514F

Monochromatic palette

#152928 · #2E5C59 · #488E8B · #6DB6B2 · #A0CFCD

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