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#48ACED

#48aced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48aced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 67.45% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.62% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.64°, with 82.09% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.37

Complementary

  1. #48aced
  2. #ed8948

Split complementary

  1. #48aced
  2. #ed4859
  3. #eddc48

Analogous

  1. #48eddc
  2. #48aced
  3. #4859ed

Triadic

  1. #48aced
  2. #ed48ac
  3. #aced48

Tetradic

  1. #48aced
  2. #8948ed
  3. #ed8948
  4. #aced48

Square

  1. #48aced
  2. #dc48ed
  3. #ed8948
  4. #59ed48

Monochromatic

  1. #0e5c8e
  2. #1588d4
  3. #48aced
  4. #8eccf4
  5. #d3ebfb

Shades

#48aced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48aced
  2. #419bd5
  3. #3a8abe
  4. #3278a6
  5. #2b678e
  6. #245677
  7. #1d455f
  8. #163447
  9. #0e222f
  10. #071118
  11. #000000

Tints

#48aced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48aced
  2. #5ab4ef
  3. #6dbdf1
  4. #7fc5f2
  5. #91cdf4
  6. #a4d6f6
  7. #b6def8
  8. #c8e6fa
  9. #daeefb
  10. #edf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48aced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48aced
  2. #4ea8e2
  3. #53a3d7
  4. #599fcc
  5. #5e9ac1
  6. #6496b7
  7. #6a92ac
  8. #6f8da1
  9. #758996
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a7c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eadf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78acef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48aced {
  color: #48aced;
}
Background
.bg-48aced {
  background-color: #48aced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48aced {
  border: 2px solid #48aced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48aced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 172 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48aced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48aced, #4859ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48aced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 172 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.76 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.10 #b75312 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#48aced  rgb(72, 172, 237)  hsl(204, 82%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#ed8948  rgb(237, 137, 72)  hsl(24, 82%, 61%)  Cadmium Orange
#ed48ac  rgb(237, 72, 172)  hsl(324, 82%, 61%)  Persian Rose
#aced48  rgb(172, 237, 72)  hsl(84, 82%, 61%)  Inchworm