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#488EAA

#488eaa ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#488eaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 55.69% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.65% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 40.5% saturation and 47.45% 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 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.2363

Complementary

  1. #488eaa
  2. #aa6448

Split complementary

  1. #488eaa
  2. #aa485d
  3. #aa9548

Analogous

  1. #48aa95
  2. #488eaa
  3. #485daa

Triadic

  1. #488eaa
  2. #aa488e
  3. #8eaa48

Tetradic

  1. #488eaa
  2. #6448aa
  3. #aa6448
  4. #8eaa48

Square

  1. #488eaa
  2. #9548aa
  3. #aa6448
  4. #5daa48

Monochromatic

  1. #1a343f
  2. #316174
  3. #488eaa
  4. #78b0c6
  5. #aecfdd

Shades

#488eaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #488eaa
  2. #418099
  3. #3a7288
  4. #326377
  5. #2b5566
  6. #244755
  7. #1d3944
  8. #162b33
  9. #0e1c22
  10. #070e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#488eaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #488eaa
  2. #5a99b3
  3. #6da5bb
  4. #7fb0c4
  5. #91bbcc
  6. #a4c7d5
  7. #b6d2dd
  8. #c8dde6
  9. #dae8ee
  10. #edf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#488eaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #488eaa
  2. #4e8da6
  3. #538ba2
  4. #598a9d
  5. #5e8899
  6. #648795
  7. #6a8691
  8. #6f848d
  9. #758388
  10. #7a8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f8bab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7181aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009697 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d8cab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6386aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #26939f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-488eaa {
  color: #488eaa;
}
Background
.bg-488eaa {
  background-color: #488eaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-488eaa {
  border: 2px solid #488eaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #488eaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 142 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 41% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-488eaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #488eaa, #485daa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-488eaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 142 170 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 4.40 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.79 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.54 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.71 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.52 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.06 #b77155 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#488eaa  rgb(72, 142, 170)  hsl(197, 41%, 47%)  Bondi Blue
#aa6448  rgb(170, 100, 72)  hsl(17, 41%, 47%)  Sienna
#aa488e  rgb(170, 72, 142)  hsl(317, 41%, 47%)  Deep Plum
#8eaa48  rgb(142, 170, 72)  hsl(77, 41%, 47%)  Apple Green