All About Color #488E9D

#488E9D

About #488E9D

#488E9D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #488E9D. In RGB it is red 72, green 142, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 191°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 10%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.73:1 on white and 5.63:1 on black.

#488E9D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 8E, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 9.55%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 142, 157
HSL191°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 216, 235
HSV (HSB)190.59°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10001110, 10011101
CIE-L*AB55.23, -17.64, -14.70
RGB Percent28.24%, 55.69%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH55.23, 22.96, 219.81
XYZ18.43, 23.16, 35.40
CIE-L*UV55.23, -29.89, -19.20
xyY0.24, 0.30, 23.16
Hunter-Lab48.12, -15.85, -9.92
RYB28.24%, 43.29%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#488E9D on a dark background: contrast 5.63:1, passes WCAG AA.
#488E9D on a light background: contrast 3.73:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #488E9D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#488E9D · #7EB7C4 · #2B555E · #9D5848 · #C48B7E

Analogous palette

#489D58 · #489D82 · #488E9D · #48639D · #58489D

Triadic palette

#488E9D · #9D488E · #8E9D48 · #7EB7C4 · #C47EB7

Tetradic palette

#488E9D · #82489D · #9D5848 · #639D48 · #2B555E

Monochromatic palette

#182F34 · #305E69 · #488E9D · #73B1BF · #A8CED7

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