#0048ba - Absolute Zero color

A vivid, medium-deep azure with a cool cyan undertone, this blue reads as crisp, modern, and authoritative. It conveys clarity, trustworthiness, and energetic professionalism while remaining approachable and slightly playful. Ideal for tech, corporate branding, maritime themes, and call-to-action accents, it pairs beautifully with warm oranges or corals for contrast, and with soft neutrals, pale grays, or white for a clean, sophisticated palette. It provides strong legibility against light backgrounds and bold presence in design.

color #0048ba

#0048ba color RGB value is 0, 72, 186, and the CMYK value is 1.00, 0.613, 0.00, 0.271. Alternative names for that color are: absolute zero, indigo, royalblue, cerulean blue, blue.

Color Conversion

Name
Values
CSS
RGB(0-255)
0, 72, 186
rgb(0, 72, 186)
CMYK
1.00, 0.613, 0.00, 0.271
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sRGB
0.00, 0.282, 0.729
rgb(0% 28.2% 72.9%)
Adobe® 98 RGB compatible
0.163, 0.288, 0.712
color(a98-rgb 0.163 0.288 0.712)
HCT
271, 62.0, 34.4
color(--hct 271 42.8% 34.4%)
HSL
217, 100, 36.5
hsl(217 100% 36.5%)
HSV
217, 100, 72.9
color(--hsv 217 100% 72.9%)
HWB
217, 0.00, 27.1
hwb(217 0% 27.1%)
Lab
33.2, 19.1, -66.5
lab(33.2 19.1 -66.5)
P3
0.109, 0.278, 0.703
color(display-p3 0.109 0.278 0.703)
XYZ D50
0.0952, 0.0762, 0.357
color(xyz-d50 0.095 0.076 0.357)

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Color Harmonies

HEX:#0048ba
RGB:0 72 186
HSL:216.77deg 100% 36.47%
HEX:#ba7200
RGB:186 114 0
HSL:36.77deg 100% 36.47%

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