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#48E2ED

#48e2ed ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48e2ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 88.63% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.62% cyan, 4.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 184°, with 82.09% saturation and 60.59% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6188

Complementary

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #ed5348

Split complementary

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #ed4890
  3. #eda648

Analogous

  1. #48eda6
  2. #48e2ed
  3. #4890ed

Triadic

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #ed48e2
  3. #e2ed48

Tetradic

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #5348ed
  3. #ed5348
  4. #e2ed48

Square

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #a648ed
  3. #ed5348
  4. #90ed48

Monochromatic

  1. #0e868e
  2. #15c7d4
  3. #48e2ed
  4. #8eedf4
  5. #d3f8fb

Shades

#48e2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #41cbd5
  3. #3ab5be
  4. #329ea6
  5. #2b888e
  6. #247177
  7. #1d5a5f
  8. #164447
  9. #0e2d2f
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#48e2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #5ae5ef
  3. #6de8f1
  4. #7febf2
  5. #91eef4
  6. #a4f1f6
  7. #b6f3f8
  8. #c8f6fa
  9. #daf9fb
  10. #edfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48e2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48e2ed
  2. #4ed8e2
  3. #53ced7
  4. #59c5cc
  5. #5ebbc1
  6. #64b1b7
  7. #6aa7ac
  8. #6f9da1
  9. #759496
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9d6db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c7ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebe5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abdcee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99d2ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e7e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48e2ed {
  color: #48e2ed;
}
Background
.bg-48e2ed {
  background-color: #48e2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48e2ed {
  border: 2px solid #48e2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48e2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 226 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48e2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48e2ed, #4890ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48e2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 226 237 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.84 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.09 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.84 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.08 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.55 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.55 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.66 #b71d12 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#48e2ed  rgb(72, 226, 237)  hsl(184, 82%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#ed5348  rgb(237, 83, 72)  hsl(4, 82%, 61%)  Cinnabar
#ed48e2  rgb(237, 72, 226)  hsl(304, 82%, 61%)  Fuchsia
#e2ed48  rgb(226, 237, 72)  hsl(64, 82%, 61%)  Pear