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#48ABC0

#48abc0 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#48abc0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 67.06% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.5% cyan, 10.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 190.5°, with 48.78% saturation and 51.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.82.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #48abc0
  2. #c05d48

Split complementary

  1. #48abc0
  2. #c0486f
  3. #c09948

Analogous

  1. #48c099
  2. #48abc0
  3. #486fc0

Triadic

  1. #48abc0
  2. #c048ab
  3. #abc048

Tetradic

  1. #48abc0
  2. #5d48c0
  3. #c05d48
  4. #abc048

Square

  1. #48abc0
  2. #9948c0
  3. #c05d48
  4. #6fc048

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4953
  2. #307b8b
  3. #48abc0
  4. #81c5d4
  5. #badfe7

Shades

#48abc0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48abc0
  2. #419aad
  3. #3a899a
  4. #327886
  5. #2b6773
  6. #245660
  7. #1d444d
  8. #16333a
  9. #0e2226
  10. #071113
  11. #000000

Tints

#48abc0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48abc0
  2. #5ab3c6
  3. #6dbccd
  4. #7fc4d3
  5. #91cdd9
  6. #a4d5e0
  7. #b6dde6
  8. #c8e6ec
  9. #daeef2
  10. #edf7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48abc0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48abc0
  2. #4ea7ba
  3. #53a2b3
  4. #599ead
  5. #5e9aa6
  6. #6496a0
  7. #6a919a
  8. #6f8d93
  9. #75898d
  10. #7a8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a4ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ca6c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a99c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a8c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75a0c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48abc0 {
  color: #48abc0;
}
Background
.bg-48abc0 {
  background-color: #48abc0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48abc0 {
  border: 2px solid #48abc0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48abc0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 171 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 49% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48abc0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48abc0, #486fc0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48abc0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 171 192 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.82 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.89 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.11 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.43 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.40 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.59 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.72 #b7543f Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#48abc0  rgb(72, 171, 192)  hsl(191, 49%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#c05d48  rgb(192, 93, 72)  hsl(11, 49%, 52%)  Indian Red
#c048ab  rgb(192, 72, 171)  hsl(311, 49%, 52%)  Mulberry
#abc048  rgb(171, 192, 72)  hsl(71, 49%, 52%)  Yellow Green