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#488BB9

#488bb9 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#488bb9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 54.51% green and 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.08% cyan, 24.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 204.42°, with 44.66% saturation and 50.39% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.2335

Complementary

  1. #488bb9
  2. #b97648

Split complementary

  1. #488bb9
  2. #b94853
  3. #b9ae48

Analogous

  1. #48b9ae
  2. #488bb9
  3. #4853b9

Triadic

  1. #488bb9
  2. #b9488b
  3. #8bb948

Tetradic

  1. #488bb9
  2. #7648b9
  3. #b97648
  4. #8bb948

Square

  1. #488bb9
  2. #ae48b9
  3. #b97648
  4. #53b948

Monochromatic

  1. #1d384b
  2. #326283
  3. #488bb9
  4. #7faece
  5. #b7d1e3

Shades

#488bb9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #488bb9
  2. #417da7
  3. #3a6f94
  4. #326182
  5. #2b536f
  6. #24465d
  7. #1d384a
  8. #162a38
  9. #0e1c25
  10. #070e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#488bb9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #488bb9
  2. #5a97c0
  3. #6da2c7
  4. #7faece
  5. #91b9d5
  6. #a4c5dc
  7. #b6d1e3
  8. #c8dcea
  9. #dae8f1
  10. #edf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#488bb9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #488bb9
  2. #4e8ab3
  3. #5389ae
  4. #5988a8
  5. #5e87a2
  6. #64869d
  7. #6a8497
  8. #6f8391
  9. #75828b
  10. #7a8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #71879c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #768bbb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6780b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #678bba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c84b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1b92a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-488bb9 {
  color: #488bb9;
}
Background
.bg-488bb9 {
  background-color: #488bb9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-488bb9 {
  border: 2px solid #488bb9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #488bb9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 139 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 45% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-488bb9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #488bb9, #4853b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-488bb9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 139 185 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.54 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.69 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.32 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.99 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.48 #b77446 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#488bb9  rgb(72, 139, 185)  hsl(204, 45%, 50%)  Steel Blue
#b97648  rgb(185, 118, 72)  hsl(24, 45%, 50%)  Copper
#b9488b  rgb(185, 72, 139)  hsl(324, 45%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8bb948  rgb(139, 185, 72)  hsl(84, 45%, 50%)  Apple Green