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#48BCE4

#48bce4 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48bce4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 73.73% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.42% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 195.38°, with 74.29% saturation and 58.82% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.19.

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Relative luminance0.4295

Complementary

  1. #48bce4
  2. #e47048

Split complementary

  1. #48bce4
  2. #e4486e
  3. #e4be48

Analogous

  1. #48e4be
  2. #48bce4
  3. #486ee4

Triadic

  1. #48bce4
  2. #e448bc
  3. #bce448

Tetradic

  1. #48bce4
  2. #7048e4
  3. #e47048
  4. #bce448

Square

  1. #48bce4
  2. #be48e4
  3. #e47048
  4. #6ee448

Monochromatic

  1. #136480
  2. #1d98c3
  3. #48bce4
  4. #8bd4ee
  5. #cdedf8

Shades

#48bce4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48bce4
  2. #41a9cd
  3. #3a96b6
  4. #3284a0
  5. #2b7189
  6. #245e72
  7. #1d4b5b
  8. #163844
  9. #0e262e
  10. #071317
  11. #000000

Tints

#48bce4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48bce4
  2. #5ac3e7
  3. #6dc9e9
  4. #7fd0ec
  5. #91d7ef
  6. #a4def2
  7. #b6e4f4
  8. #c8ebf7
  9. #daf2fa
  10. #edf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48bce4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48bce4
  2. #4eb6da
  3. #53b0d0
  4. #59aac6
  5. #5ea4bc
  6. #649eb2
  7. #6a98a8
  8. #6f929e
  9. #758c94
  10. #7a868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91b4c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b8e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a8e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8abae5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ab1e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48bce4 {
  color: #48bce4;
}
Background
.bg-48bce4 {
  background-color: #48bce4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48bce4 {
  border: 2px solid #48bce4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48bce4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 188 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 74% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48bce4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48bce4, #486ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48bce4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 188 228 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.19 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.92 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.84 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.86 #b7431b Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#48bce4  rgb(72, 188, 228)  hsl(195, 74%, 59%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e47048  rgb(228, 112, 72)  hsl(15, 74%, 59%)  Burnt Sienna
#e448bc  rgb(228, 72, 188)  hsl(315, 74%, 59%)  Shocking Pink
#bce448  rgb(188, 228, 72)  hsl(75, 74%, 59%)  June Bud