All About Color #48909D

#48909D

About #48909D

#48909D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #48909D. In RGB it is red 72, green 144, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 189°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 8%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.65:1 on white and 5.75:1 on black.

#48909D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 90, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 8.28%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 144, 157
HSL189°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 220, 235
HSV (HSB)189.18°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10010000, 10011101
CIE-L*AB55.85, -18.71, -13.78
RGB Percent28.24%, 56.47%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH55.85, 23.23, 216.37
XYZ18.73, 23.76, 35.50
CIE-L*UV55.85, -30.67, -17.66
xyY0.24, 0.30, 23.76
Hunter-Lab48.74, -16.70, -9.06
RYB28.24%, 43.52%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48909D on a dark background: contrast 5.75:1, passes WCAG AA.
#48909D on a light background: contrast 3.65:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48909D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48909D · #7EB9C4 · #2B575E · #9D5548 · #C4887E

Analogous palette

#489D55 · #489D7F · #48909D · #48669D · #55489D

Triadic palette

#48909D · #9D4890 · #909D48 · #7EB9C4 · #C47EB9

Tetradic palette

#48909D · #7F489D · #9D5548 · #669D48 · #2B575E

Monochromatic palette

#183034 · #306069 · #48909D · #73B3BF · #A8D0D7

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