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#4091BD

#4091bd ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4091bd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 56.86% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.14% cyan, 23.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 201.12°, with 49.41% saturation and 49.61% 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 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.2501

Complementary

  1. #4091bd
  2. #bd6c40

Split complementary

  1. #4091bd
  2. #bd4053
  3. #bdab40

Analogous

  1. #40bdab
  2. #4091bd
  3. #4053bd

Triadic

  1. #4091bd
  2. #bd4091
  3. #91bd40

Tetradic

  1. #4091bd
  2. #6c40bd
  3. #bd6c40
  4. #91bd40

Square

  1. #4091bd
  2. #ab40bd
  3. #bd6c40
  4. #53bd40

Monochromatic

  1. #19394b
  2. #2d6584
  3. #4091bd
  4. #78b2d1
  5. #b1d3e5

Shades

#4091bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4091bd
  2. #3a83aa
  3. #337497
  4. #2d6684
  5. #265771
  6. #20495f
  7. #1a3a4c
  8. #132c39
  9. #0d1d26
  10. #060f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4091bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4091bd
  2. #539cc4
  3. #66a7ca
  4. #79b2d1
  5. #8cbdd7
  6. #a0c8de
  7. #b3d3e5
  8. #c6deeb
  9. #d9e9f2
  10. #ecf4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4091bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4091bd
  2. #468fb7
  3. #4d8eb1
  4. #538cab
  5. #5a8aa5
  6. #60899f
  7. #668798
  8. #6d8592
  9. #73838c
  10. #7a8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #738ca0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c90bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b84bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6990be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d89bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4091bd {
  color: #4091bd;
}
Background
.bg-4091bd {
  background-color: #4091bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4091bd {
  border: 2px solid #4091bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4091bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 145 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 49% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4091bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4091bd, #4053bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4091bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 145 189 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.93 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.70 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.46 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.62 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.78 #bf6e42 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4091bd  rgb(64, 145, 189)  hsl(201, 49%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#bd6c40  rgb(189, 108, 64)  hsl(21, 49%, 50%)  Chocolate
#bd4091  rgb(189, 64, 145)  hsl(321, 49%, 50%)  Mulberry
#91bd40  rgb(145, 189, 64)  hsl(81, 49%, 50%)  Apple Green