All About Color #48A89E

#48A89E

About #48A89E

#48A89E is a medium cyan color with the hex code #48A89E. In RGB it is red 72, green 168, blue 158; in HSL it is hue 174°, saturation 40%, lightness 47%; in CMYK it is 57%, 0%, 6%, 34%. Its contrast ratio is 2.85:1 on white and 7.37:1 on black.

#48A89E Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, A8, 9E
CMYK57.14%, 0.00%, 5.95%, 34.12%
RGB Decimal72, 168, 158
HSL174°, 40%, 47%
RGB Octal110, 250, 236
HSV (HSB)173.75°, 57.14%, 65.88%
RGB Binary1001000, 10101000, 10011110
CIE-L*AB63.22, -30.58, -3.34
RGB Percent28.24%, 65.88%, 61.96%
CIE-L*CH63.22, 30.76, 186.24
XYZ22.85, 31.85, 37.29
CIE-L*UV63.22, -39.96, -0.24
xyY0.25, 0.35, 31.85
Hunter-Lab56.44, -26.51, 0.33
RYB28.24%, 48.09%, 65.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#48A89E on a dark background: contrast 7.37:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#48A89E on a light background: contrast 2.85:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #48A89E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#48A89E · #82C9C2 · #2C6862 · #A84851 · #C98289

Analogous palette

#51A848 · #48A86E · #48A89E · #4881A8 · #4851A8

Triadic palette

#48A89E · #9E48A8 · #A89E48 · #82C9C2 · #C282C9

Tetradic palette

#48A89E · #6E48A8 · #A84851 · #81A848 · #2C6862

Monochromatic palette

#1A3D39 · #31726C · #48A89E · #77C5BD · #ADDCD7

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