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#48AFFE

#48affe ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.65% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 206.04°, with 98.91% saturation and 63.92% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 5.9.

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Relative luminance0.3919

Complementary

  1. #48affe
  2. #fe9748

Split complementary

  1. #48affe
  2. #fe4854
  3. #fef248

Analogous

  1. #48fef2
  2. #48affe
  3. #4854fe

Triadic

  1. #48affe
  2. #fe48af
  3. #affe48

Tetradic

  1. #48affe
  2. #9748fe
  3. #fe9748
  4. #affe48

Square

  1. #48affe
  2. #f248fe
  3. #fe9748
  4. #54fe48

Monochromatic

  1. #0162ac
  2. #018df8
  3. #48affe
  4. #94d0fe
  5. #e0f2ff

Shades

#48affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48affe
  2. #419ee5
  3. #3a8ccb
  4. #327bb2
  5. #2b6998
  6. #24587f
  7. #1d4666
  8. #16354c
  9. #0e2333
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#48affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48affe
  2. #5ab7fe
  3. #6dbffe
  4. #7fc7fe
  5. #91cffe
  6. #a4d7ff
  7. #b6dfff
  8. #c8e7ff
  9. #daefff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48affe
  2. #4eaaf1
  3. #53a6e5
  4. #59a1d8
  5. #5e9ccc
  6. #6498bf
  7. #6a93b2
  8. #6f8ea6
  9. #758999
  10. #7a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cabd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #72a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76b1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48affe {
  color: #48affe;
}
Background
.bg-48affe {
  background-color: #48affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48affe {
  border: 2px solid #48affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 99% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48affe, #4854fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.90 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.62 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.40 #b75001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#48affe  rgb(72, 175, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 64%)  Maya Blue
#fe9748  rgb(254, 151, 72)  hsl(26, 99%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fe48af  rgb(254, 72, 175)  hsl(326, 99%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe48  rgb(175, 254, 72)  hsl(86, 99%, 64%)  Green Yellow