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#458CAE

#458cae ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#458cae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 54.9% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.34% cyan, 19.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 199.43°, with 43.21% saturation and 47.65% 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 5.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.2308

Complementary

  1. #458cae
  2. #ae6745

Split complementary

  1. #458cae
  2. #ae4558
  3. #ae9c45

Analogous

  1. #45ae9c
  2. #458cae
  3. #4558ae

Triadic

  1. #458cae
  2. #ae458c
  3. #8cae45

Tetradic

  1. #458cae
  2. #6745ae
  3. #ae6745
  4. #8cae45

Square

  1. #458cae
  2. #9c45ae
  3. #ae6745
  4. #58ae45

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3440
  2. #2f6077
  3. #458cae
  4. #77aec9
  5. #adcfdf

Shades

#458cae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #458cae
  2. #3e7e9d
  3. #37708b
  4. #30627a
  5. #295468
  6. #234657
  7. #1c3846
  8. #152a34
  9. #0e1c23
  10. #070e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#458cae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #458cae
  2. #5898b6
  3. #6aa3be
  4. #7dafc6
  5. #8fbace
  6. #a2c6d7
  7. #b5d1df
  8. #c7dde7
  9. #dae8ef
  10. #ecf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#458cae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #458cae
  2. #4b8ba9
  3. #518aa5
  4. #5788a0
  5. #5d879c
  6. #638697
  7. #688592
  8. #6e848e
  9. #748289
  10. #7a8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b8ab0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7fae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009597 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a8baf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f85ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1b92a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-458cae {
  color: #458cae;
}
Background
.bg-458cae {
  background-color: #458cae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-458cae {
  border: 2px solid #458cae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #458cae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 140 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 43% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-458cae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #458cae, #4558ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-458cae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 140 174 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.42 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.46 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.42 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.85 #ba7351 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#458cae  rgb(69, 140, 174)  hsl(199, 43%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#ae6745  rgb(174, 103, 69)  hsl(19, 43%, 48%)  Sienna
#ae458c  rgb(174, 69, 140)  hsl(319, 43%, 48%)  Mulberry
#8cae45  rgb(140, 174, 69)  hsl(79, 43%, 48%)  Apple Green