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#48E6EF

#48e6ef ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48e6ef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 90.2% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.87% cyan, 3.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 183.23°, with 83.92% saturation and 60.98% 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 13.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.642

Complementary

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #ef5148

Split complementary

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #ef4893
  3. #efa448

Analogous

  1. #48efa4
  2. #48e6ef
  3. #4893ef

Triadic

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #ef48e6
  3. #e6ef48

Tetradic

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #5148ef
  3. #ef5148
  4. #e6ef48

Square

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #a448ef
  3. #ef5148
  4. #93ef48

Monochromatic

  1. #0d8a91
  2. #13cdd8
  3. #48e6ef
  4. #8ef0f5
  5. #d5f9fb

Shades

#48e6ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #41cfd7
  3. #3ab8bf
  4. #32a1a7
  5. #2b8a8f
  6. #247378
  7. #1d5c60
  8. #164548
  9. #0e2e30
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#48e6ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #5ae9f1
  3. #6debf2
  4. #7feef4
  5. #91f0f5
  6. #a4f3f7
  7. #b6f5f9
  8. #c8f8fa
  9. #dafafc
  10. #edfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48e6ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48e6ef
  2. #4edce4
  3. #53d2d9
  4. #59c7ce
  5. #5ebdc3
  6. #64b3b8
  7. #6aa9ac
  8. #6f9fa1
  9. #759496
  10. #7a8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdade ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5dcf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdcaf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eee8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aee0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cd6ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ebeb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48e6ef {
  color: #48e6ef;
}
Background
.bg-48e6ef {
  background-color: #48e6ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48e6ef {
  border: 2px solid #48e6ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48e6ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 230 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 84% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48e6ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48e6ef, #4893ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48e6ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 230 239 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.05 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.43 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.43 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.49 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.86 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.89 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.39 #b71910 Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#48e6ef  rgb(72, 230, 239)  hsl(183, 84%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#ef5148  rgb(239, 81, 72)  hsl(3, 84%, 61%)  Cinnabar
#ef48e6  rgb(239, 72, 230)  hsl(303, 84%, 61%)  Fuchsia
#e6ef48  rgb(230, 239, 72)  hsl(63, 84%, 61%)  Pear