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#48BBD9

#48bbd9 ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48bbd9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 73.33% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.82% cyan, 13.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 192.41°, with 65.61% saturation and 56.67% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4193

Complementary

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #d96648

Split complementary

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #d94873
  3. #d9ae48

Analogous

  1. #48d9ae
  2. #48bbd9
  3. #4873d9

Triadic

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #d948bb
  3. #bbd948

Tetradic

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #6648d9
  3. #d96648
  4. #bbd948

Square

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #ae48d9
  3. #d96648
  4. #73d948

Monochromatic

  1. #175e71
  2. #2593b0
  3. #48bbd9
  4. #87d3e6
  5. #c7eaf3

Shades

#48bbd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #41a8c3
  3. #3a96ae
  4. #328398
  5. #2b7082
  6. #245e6d
  7. #1d4b57
  8. #163841
  9. #0e252b
  10. #071316
  11. #000000

Tints

#48bbd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #5ac2dd
  3. #6dc9e1
  4. #7fcfe4
  5. #91d6e8
  6. #a4ddec
  7. #b6e4f0
  8. #c8ebf4
  9. #daf1f7
  10. #edf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48bbd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48bbd9
  2. #4eb5d0
  3. #53afc7
  4. #59a9be
  5. #5ea3b5
  6. #649ead
  7. #6a98a4
  8. #6f929b
  9. #758c92
  10. #7a8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b3c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b6db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a7d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb8da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cafd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48bbd9 {
  color: #48bbd9;
}
Background
.bg-48bbd9 {
  background-color: #48bbd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48bbd9 {
  border: 2px solid #48bbd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48bbd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 187 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 66% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48bbd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48bbd9, #4873d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48bbd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 187 217 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.23 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.28 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.40 #b74426 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#48bbd9  rgb(72, 187, 217)  hsl(192, 66%, 57%)  Sky Blue
#d96648  rgb(217, 102, 72)  hsl(12, 66%, 57%)  Terra Cotta
#d948bb  rgb(217, 72, 187)  hsl(312, 66%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#bbd948  rgb(187, 217, 72)  hsl(72, 66%, 57%)  June Bud