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#048ACF

#048acf ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#048acf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 54.12% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.07% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 200.39°, with 96.21% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.2271

Complementary

  1. #048acf
  2. #cf4904

Split complementary

  1. #048acf
  2. #cf0425
  3. #cfae04

Analogous

  1. #04cfae
  2. #048acf
  3. #0425cf

Triadic

  1. #048acf
  2. #cf048a
  3. #8acf04

Tetradic

  1. #048acf
  2. #4904cf
  3. #cf4904
  4. #8acf04

Square

  1. #048acf
  2. #ae04cf
  3. #cf4904
  4. #25cf04

Monochromatic

  1. #012639
  2. #035884
  3. #048acf
  4. #25b2fb
  5. #70ccfc

Shades

#048acf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #048acf
  2. #047cba
  3. #036ea6
  4. #036191
  5. #02537c
  6. #024568
  7. #023753
  8. #01293e
  9. #011c29
  10. #000e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#048acf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #048acf
  2. #1d96d4
  3. #36a1d9
  4. #4faddd
  5. #68b9e2
  6. #82c5e7
  7. #9bd0ec
  8. #b4dcf1
  9. #cde8f5
  10. #e6f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#048acf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #048acf
  2. #1089c7
  3. #1d88bf
  4. #2987b7
  5. #3686af
  6. #4285a8
  7. #4e84a0
  8. #5b8398
  9. #678290
  10. #748188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6786a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #698cd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e7cce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #528bd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d82ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-048acf {
  color: #048acf;
}
Background
.bg-048acf {
  background-color: #048acf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-048acf {
  border: 2px solid #048acf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #048acf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 138 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 96% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-048acf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #048acf, #0425cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-048acf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 138 207 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.30 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.70 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.07 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.12 #fb7530 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#048acf  rgb(4, 138, 207)  hsl(200, 96%, 41%)  Steel Blue
#cf4904  rgb(207, 73, 4)  hsl(20, 96%, 41%)  Sinopia
#cf048a  rgb(207, 4, 138)  hsl(320, 96%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#8acf04  rgb(138, 207, 4)  hsl(80, 96%, 41%)  Yellow Green