#488564

sRGB · 72 / 133 / 100

#488564 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 72 red, 133 green and 100 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 147.5° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 29.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 40.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 72, 133, 100
HSL: 147.54°, 29.76%, 40.20%
HSV / HSB: 147.54°, 45.86%, 52.16%
CMYK (approx.): 45.86%, 0.00%, 24.81%, 47.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.360, 19.072, 15.034
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 50.772, -27.839, 11.758
WCAG relative luminance: 0.19073
24-bit decimal: 4752740

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #488564 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.81:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.36:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#854869 sits half a turn (180°) from #488564 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#488564 #854869

Analogous

#4B8548 and #488583 sit 30° to either side of #488564. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#4B8548 #488564 #488583

Triadic

#488564, #644885 and #856448 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#488564 #644885 #856448

Split complementary

Start at #488564 and look across the wheel. #834885 and #85484B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#488564 #834885 #85484B

Square

Starting with #488564, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #484B85, #854869, then #858348. Across the square, #488564 pairs with #854869, and #484B85 with #858348.

#488564 #484B85 #854869 #858348

Tetradic

#488564 and #854869 are opposites, as are #486985 and #856448. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#488564 #486985 #854869 #856448

Tints

Mixing #488564 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D9D83, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAE7E0, the mixture is 80% white.

#488564 #6D9D83 #91B6A2 #B6CEC1 #DAE7E0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #488564 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3A6A50, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E1B14, the mixture is 80% black.

#488564 #3A6A50 #2B503C #1D3528 #0E1B14 #000000

Tones

Mixing #488564 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #53846A, keeps 80% of the original. By #75817A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#488564 #53846A #5E836F #6A8275 #75817A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#488564

RGB

rgb(72 133 100)

HSL

hsl(147.541 29.756% 40.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #488564;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#488564 uses 72 red, 133 green and 100 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 28.2%

Green 52.2%

Blue 39.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #488564 is 45.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 24.8% yellow and 47.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 45.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 24.8%

Black 47.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #448866. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #486 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #488564 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #339966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #448866 Nearest web-safe · #339966

Gradient to complement

#488564 #527B65 #5C7166 #676767 #715C67 #7B5268 #854869

Color vision previews

Compare how #488564 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#847D62

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7B7666

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#39847C

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#737F64

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F7B65

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#49846D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#797979

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#647F6F

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06480 G 0.23455 B 0.12744

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.34054 G 0.51576 B 0.40178

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.09494 G 0.22892 B 0.13412

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.281 y 0.402 Y 19.072

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 71.765 M % 47.843 Y % 60.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001000 10000101 01100100