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#48BBFF

#48bbff ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48bbff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 73.33% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.76% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 202.3°, with 100% saturation and 64.12% 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 9.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4414

Complementary

  1. #48bbff
  2. #ff8c48

Split complementary

  1. #48bbff
  2. #ff485f
  3. #ffe848

Analogous

  1. #48ffe8
  2. #48bbff
  3. #485fff

Triadic

  1. #48bbff
  2. #ff48bb
  3. #bbff48

Tetradic

  1. #48bbff
  2. #8c48ff
  3. #ff8c48
  4. #bbff48

Square

  1. #48bbff
  2. #e848ff
  3. #ff8c48
  4. #5fff48

Monochromatic

  1. #006dae
  2. #009dfb
  3. #48bbff
  4. #95d7ff
  5. #e1f4ff

Shades

#48bbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48bbff
  2. #41a8e6
  3. #3a96cc
  4. #3283b3
  5. #2b7099
  6. #245e80
  7. #1d4b66
  8. #16384d
  9. #0e2533
  10. #07131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#48bbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48bbff
  2. #5ac2ff
  3. #6dc9ff
  4. #7fcfff
  5. #91d6ff
  6. #a4ddff
  7. #b6e4ff
  8. #c8ebff
  9. #daf1ff
  10. #edf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48bbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48bbff
  2. #4eb5f2
  3. #53afe6
  4. #59a9d9
  5. #5ea3cc
  6. #649ec0
  7. #6a98b3
  8. #6f92a6
  9. #758c99
  10. #7a868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93b5d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82aafe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82bbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6fb1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48bbff {
  color: #48bbff;
}
Background
.bg-48bbff {
  background-color: #48bbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48bbff {
  border: 2px solid #48bbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48bbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 187 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48bbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48bbff, #485fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48bbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 187 255 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.72 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.82 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.09 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.98 #b74400 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#48bbff  rgb(72, 187, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 64%)  Maya Blue
#ff8c48  rgb(255, 140, 72)  hsl(22, 100%, 64%)  Mango Tango
#ff48bb  rgb(255, 72, 187)  hsl(322, 100%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#bbff48  rgb(187, 255, 72)  hsl(82, 100%, 64%)  Green Yellow