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#048FC8

#048fc8 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#048fc8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 56.08% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98% cyan, 28.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 197.45°, with 96.08% saturation and 40% 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 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 6.64.

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Relative luminance0.2384

Complementary

  1. #048fc8
  2. #c83d04

Split complementary

  1. #048fc8
  2. #c8042d
  3. #c89f04

Analogous

  1. #04c89f
  2. #048fc8
  3. #042dc8

Triadic

  1. #048fc8
  2. #c8048f
  3. #8fc804

Tetradic

  1. #048fc8
  2. #3d04c8
  3. #c83d04
  4. #8fc804

Square

  1. #048fc8
  2. #9f04c8
  3. #c83d04
  4. #2dc804

Monochromatic

  1. #012432
  2. #02597d
  3. #048fc8
  4. #1ebafb
  5. #69d1fc

Shades

#048fc8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #048fc8
  2. #0481b4
  3. #0372a0
  4. #03648c
  5. #025678
  6. #024864
  7. #023950
  8. #012b3c
  9. #011d28
  10. #000e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#048fc8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #048fc8
  2. #1d9ace
  3. #36a5d3
  4. #4fb1d9
  5. #68bcde
  6. #82c7e4
  7. #9bd2e9
  8. #b4ddef
  9. #cde9f4
  10. #e6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#048fc8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #048fc8
  2. #108ec1
  3. #1d8cba
  4. #298bb2
  5. #3689ab
  6. #4288a4
  7. #4e869d
  8. #5b8596
  9. #67838e
  10. #748287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a8aa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #738fcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b7fc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a8fca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4786c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-048fc8 {
  color: #048fc8;
}
Background
.bg-048fc8 {
  background-color: #048fc8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-048fc8 {
  border: 2px solid #048fc8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #048fc8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 143 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 96% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-048fc8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #048fc8, #042dc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-048fc8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 143 200 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.64 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.05 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.77 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.84 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.27 #fb7037 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#048fc8  rgb(4, 143, 200)  hsl(197, 96%, 40%)  Steel Blue
#c83d04  rgb(200, 61, 4)  hsl(17, 96%, 40%)  Sinopia
#c8048f  rgb(200, 4, 143)  hsl(317, 96%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#8fc804  rgb(143, 200, 4)  hsl(77, 96%, 40%)  Yellow Green