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#48A2EF

#48a2ef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48a2ef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 63.53% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.87% cyan, 32.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 207.66°, with 83.92% saturation and 60.98% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3345

Complementary

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #ef9548

Split complementary

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #ef484f
  3. #efe848

Analogous

  1. #48efe8
  2. #48a2ef
  3. #484fef

Triadic

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #ef48a2
  3. #a2ef48

Tetradic

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #9548ef
  3. #ef9548
  4. #a2ef48

Square

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #e848ef
  3. #ef9548
  4. #4fef48

Monochromatic

  1. #0d5491
  2. #137dd8
  3. #48a2ef
  4. #8ec6f5
  5. #d5eafb

Shades

#48a2ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #4192d7
  3. #3a82bf
  4. #3271a7
  5. #2b618f
  6. #245178
  7. #1d4160
  8. #163148
  9. #0e2030
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#48a2ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #5aabf1
  3. #6db5f2
  4. #7fbef4
  5. #91c7f5
  6. #a4d1f7
  7. #b6daf9
  8. #c8e3fa
  9. #daecfc
  10. #edf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48a2ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48a2ef
  2. #4e9fe4
  3. #539bd9
  4. #5998ce
  5. #5e94c3
  6. #6491b8
  7. #6a8eac
  8. #6f8aa1
  9. #758796
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839fc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa5f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6895ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6da4f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d9bee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48a2ef {
  color: #48a2ef;
}
Background
.bg-48a2ef {
  background-color: #48a2ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48a2ef {
  border: 2px solid #48a2ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48a2ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 162 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 84% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48a2ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48a2ef, #484fef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48a2ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 162 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.91 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.82 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.99 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.20 #b75d10 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#48a2ef  rgb(72, 162, 239)  hsl(208, 84%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ef9548  rgb(239, 149, 72)  hsl(28, 84%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#ef48a2  rgb(239, 72, 162)  hsl(328, 84%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2ef48  rgb(162, 239, 72)  hsl(88, 84%, 61%)  Inchworm