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#48BAEE

#48baee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48baee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.75% cyan, 21.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.8°, with 83% saturation and 60.78% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.4267

Complementary

  1. #48baee
  2. #ee7c48

Split complementary

  1. #48baee
  2. #ee4867
  3. #eecf48

Analogous

  1. #48eecf
  2. #48baee
  3. #4867ee

Triadic

  1. #48baee
  2. #ee48ba
  3. #baee48

Tetradic

  1. #48baee
  2. #7c48ee
  3. #ee7c48
  4. #baee48

Square

  1. #48baee
  2. #cf48ee
  3. #ee7c48
  4. #67ee48

Monochromatic

  1. #0d6790
  2. #1499d6
  3. #48baee
  4. #8ed4f5
  5. #d4effb

Shades

#48baee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48baee
  2. #41a7d6
  3. #3a95be
  4. #3282a7
  5. #2b708f
  6. #245d77
  7. #1d4a5f
  8. #163847
  9. #0e2530
  10. #071318
  11. #000000

Tints

#48baee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48baee
  2. #5ac1f0
  3. #6dc8f1
  4. #7fcff3
  5. #91d6f5
  6. #a4ddf7
  7. #b6e3f8
  8. #c8eafa
  9. #daf1fc
  10. #edf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48baee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48baee
  2. #4eb4e3
  3. #53aed8
  4. #59a9cd
  5. #5ea3c2
  6. #649db7
  7. #6a97ac
  8. #6f91a1
  9. #758c96
  10. #7a868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91b3cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0b8f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a7ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86b9f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75afee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c3da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48baee {
  color: #48baee;
}
Background
.bg-48baee {
  background-color: #48baee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48baee {
  border: 2px solid #48baee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48baee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 186 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 83% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48baee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48baee, #4867ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48baee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 186 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.37 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.13 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.79 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.12 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.17 #b74511 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#48baee  rgb(72, 186, 238)  hsl(199, 83%, 61%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee7c48  rgb(238, 124, 72)  hsl(19, 83%, 61%)  Coral
#ee48ba  rgb(238, 72, 186)  hsl(319, 83%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#baee48  rgb(186, 238, 72)  hsl(79, 83%, 61%)  Inchworm