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#48C4FA

#48c4fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48c4fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 76.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.2% cyan, 21.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.2°, with 94.68% saturation and 63.14% 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 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.51.

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Relative luminance0.4776

Complementary

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #fa7e48

Split complementary

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #fa486b
  3. #fad748

Analogous

  1. #48fad7
  2. #48c4fa
  3. #486bfa

Triadic

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #fa48c4
  3. #c4fa48

Tetradic

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #7e48fa
  3. #fa7e48
  4. #c4fa48

Square

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #d748fa
  3. #fa7e48
  4. #6bfa48

Monochromatic

  1. #0474a5
  2. #07a8ef
  3. #48c4fa
  4. #92dcfc
  5. #ddf4fe

Shades

#48c4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #41b0e1
  3. #3a9dc8
  4. #3289af
  5. #2b7696
  6. #24627d
  7. #1d4e64
  8. #163b4b
  9. #0e2732
  10. #071419
  11. #000000

Tints

#48c4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #5acafb
  3. #6dd0fb
  4. #7fd6fc
  5. #91dcfc
  6. #a4e2fd
  7. #b6e7fd
  8. #c8edfe
  9. #daf3fe
  10. #edf9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48c4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48c4fa
  2. #4ebdee
  3. #53b6e2
  4. #59b0d5
  5. #5ea9c9
  6. #64a2bd
  7. #6a9bb1
  8. #6f94a5
  9. #758e98
  10. #7a878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98bdd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9c1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90b0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d3d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ab8fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cde5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48c4fa {
  color: #48c4fa;
}
Background
.bg-48c4fa {
  background-color: #48c4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48c4fa {
  border: 2px solid #48c4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48c4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 196 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48c4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48c4fa, #486bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48c4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 196 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.76 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.47 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.98 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.38 #b73b05 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#48c4fa  rgb(72, 196, 250)  hsl(198, 95%, 63%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa7e48  rgb(250, 126, 72)  hsl(18, 95%, 63%)  Coral
#fa48c4  rgb(250, 72, 196)  hsl(318, 95%, 63%)  Shocking Pink
#c4fa48  rgb(196, 250, 72)  hsl(78, 95%, 63%)  Green Yellow