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#48AFCA

#48afca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48afca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 68.63% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.36% cyan, 13.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 192.46°, with 55.08% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.98.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.363

Complementary

  1. #48afca
  2. #ca6348

Split complementary

  1. #48afca
  2. #ca486e
  3. #caa448

Analogous

  1. #48caa4
  2. #48afca
  3. #486eca

Triadic

  1. #48afca
  2. #ca48af
  3. #afca48

Tetradic

  1. #48afca
  2. #6348ca
  3. #ca6348
  4. #afca48

Square

  1. #48afca
  2. #a448ca
  3. #ca6348
  4. #6eca48

Monochromatic

  1. #1b505e
  2. #2c8399
  3. #48afca
  4. #83c9db
  5. #bfe3ec

Shades

#48afca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48afca
  2. #419eb6
  3. #3a8ca2
  4. #327b8d
  5. #2b6979
  6. #245865
  7. #1d4651
  8. #16353d
  9. #0e2328
  10. #071214
  11. #000000

Tints

#48afca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48afca
  2. #5ab7cf
  3. #6dbfd5
  4. #7fc7da
  5. #91cfdf
  6. #a4d7e5
  7. #b6dfea
  8. #c8e7ef
  9. #daeff4
  10. #edf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48afca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48afca
  2. #4eaac3
  3. #53a6bb
  4. #59a1b4
  5. #5e9cac
  6. #6498a5
  7. #6a939e
  8. #6f8e96
  9. #75898f
  10. #7a8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a8b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eaacb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b9cca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84accb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76a4ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48afca {
  color: #48afca;
}
Background
.bg-48afca {
  background-color: #48afca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48afca {
  border: 2px solid #48afca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48afca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 175 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48afca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48afca, #486eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48afca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 175 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.00 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.00 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.43 #b75035 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#48afca  rgb(72, 175, 202)  hsl(192, 55%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca6348  rgb(202, 99, 72)  hsl(12, 55%, 54%)  Terra Cotta
#ca48af  rgb(202, 72, 175)  hsl(312, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#afca48  rgb(175, 202, 72)  hsl(72, 55%, 54%)  June Bud