All About Color #48959D

#48959D

About #48959D

#48959D is a medium cyan color with the hex code #48959D. In RGB it is red 72, green 149, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 186°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 5%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 3.46:1 on white and 6.06:1 on black.

#48959D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 95, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 5.10%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 149, 157
HSL186°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 225, 235
HSV (HSB)185.65°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 10010101, 10011101
CIE-L*AB57.37, -21.34, -11.48
RGB Percent28.24%, 58.43%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH57.37, 24.23, 208.27
XYZ19.51, 25.31, 35.75
CIE-L*UV57.37, -32.63, -13.82
xyY0.24, 0.31, 25.31
Hunter-Lab50.31, -18.82, -6.93
RYB28.24%, 44.08%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48959D on a dark background: contrast 6.06:1, passes WCAG AA.
#48959D on a light background: contrast 3.46:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48959D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48959D · #7EBDC4 · #2B595E · #9D5148 · #C4857E

Analogous palette

#489D51 · #489D7B · #48959D · #486A9D · #51489D

Triadic palette

#48959D · #9D4895 · #959D48 · #7EBDC4 · #C47EBD

Tetradic palette

#48959D · #7B489D · #9D5148 · #6A9D48 · #2B595E

Monochromatic palette

#183234 · #306369 · #48959D · #73B7BF · #A8D2D7

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