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#48BAEC

#48baec ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48baec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 72.94% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.49% cyan, 21.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 198.29°, with 81.19% saturation and 60.39% 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 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.91.

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Relative luminance0.4255

Complementary

  1. #48baec
  2. #ec7a48

Split complementary

  1. #48baec
  2. #ec4868
  3. #eccc48

Analogous

  1. #48eccc
  2. #48baec
  3. #4868ec

Triadic

  1. #48baec
  2. #ec48ba
  3. #baec48

Tetradic

  1. #48baec
  2. #7a48ec
  3. #ec7a48
  4. #baec48

Square

  1. #48baec
  2. #cc48ec
  3. #ec7a48
  4. #68ec48

Monochromatic

  1. #0f668c
  2. #1698d2
  3. #48baec
  4. #8dd4f3
  5. #d3eefa

Shades

#48baec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48baec
  2. #41a7d4
  3. #3a95bd
  4. #3282a5
  5. #2b708e
  6. #245d76
  7. #1d4a5e
  8. #163847
  9. #0e252f
  10. #071318
  11. #000000

Tints

#48baec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48baec
  2. #5ac1ee
  3. #6dc8f0
  4. #7fcff2
  5. #91d6f4
  6. #a4ddf6
  7. #b6e3f7
  8. #c8eaf9
  9. #daf1fb
  10. #edf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48baec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48baec
  2. #4eb4e1
  3. #53aed6
  4. #59a9cc
  5. #5ea3c1
  6. #649db6
  7. #6a97ab
  8. #6f91a0
  9. #758c96
  10. #7a868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91b3ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aa7eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86b9ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75afec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48baec {
  color: #48baec;
}
Background
.bg-48baec {
  background-color: #48baec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48baec {
  border: 2px solid #48baec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48baec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 186 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48baec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48baec, #4868ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48baec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 186 236 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.72 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.67 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.93 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.26 #b74513 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#48baec  rgb(72, 186, 236)  hsl(198, 81%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ec7a48  rgb(236, 122, 72)  hsl(18, 81%, 60%)  Coral
#ec48ba  rgb(236, 72, 186)  hsl(318, 81%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#baec48  rgb(186, 236, 72)  hsl(78, 81%, 60%)  Inchworm