All About Color #488E8D

#488E8D

About #488E8D

#488E8D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488E8D. In RGB it is red 72, green 142, blue 141; in HSL it is hue 179°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 0%, 1%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 3.80:1 on white and 5.53:1 on black.

#488E8D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8E, 8D
CMYK49.30%, 0.00%, 0.70%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 142, 141
HSL179°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 216, 215
HSV (HSB)179.14°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001110, 10001101
CIE-L*AB54.71, -22.21, -6.28
RGB Percent28.24%, 55.69%, 55.29%
CIE-L*CH54.71, 23.08, 195.78
XYZ17.15, 22.65, 28.67
CIE-L*UV54.71, -30.51, -5.74
xyY0.25, 0.33, 22.65
Hunter-Lab47.59, -18.94, -2.40
RYB28.24%, 42.06%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488E8D on a dark background: contrast 5.53:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488E8D on a light background: contrast 3.80:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488E8D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#488E8D · #77BBBA · #295151 · #8E4849 · #BB7778

Analogous palette

#498E48 · #488E6A · #488E8D · #486C8E · #48498E

Triadic palette

#488E8D · #8D488E · #8E8D48 · #77BBBA · #BA77BB

Tetradic palette

#488E8D · #6A488E · #8E4849 · #6C8E48 · #295151

Monochromatic palette

#152928 · #2E5C5B · #488E8D · #6DB6B4 · #A0CFCE

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