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#4988AE

#4988ae ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4988ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 53.33% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.05% cyan, 21.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 202.57°, with 40.89% saturation and 48.43% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.

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Relative luminance0.2208

Complementary

  1. #4988ae
  2. #ae6f49

Split complementary

  1. #4988ae
  2. #ae4956
  3. #aea149

Analogous

  1. #49aea1
  2. #4988ae
  3. #4956ae

Triadic

  1. #4988ae
  2. #ae4988
  3. #88ae49

Tetradic

  1. #4988ae
  2. #6f49ae
  3. #ae6f49
  4. #88ae49

Square

  1. #4988ae
  2. #a149ae
  3. #ae6f49
  4. #56ae49

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3442
  2. #325e78
  3. #4988ae
  4. #7cabc8
  5. #b2cede

Shades

#4988ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4988ae
  2. #427a9d
  3. #3a6d8b
  4. #335f7a
  5. #2c5268
  6. #254457
  7. #1d3646
  8. #162934
  9. #0f1b23
  10. #070e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4988ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4988ae
  2. #5b94b6
  3. #6da0be
  4. #80acc6
  5. #92b8ce
  6. #a4c4d7
  7. #b6cfdf
  8. #c8dbe7
  9. #dbe7ef
  10. #edf3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4988ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4988ae
  2. #4f87a9
  3. #5486a5
  4. #5a86a0
  5. #5f859c
  6. #658497
  7. #6a8392
  8. #70828e
  9. #758289
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8495 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7687b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #697dad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009295 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6788af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d81ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #278e9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4988ae {
  color: #4988ae;
}
Background
.bg-4988ae {
  background-color: #4988ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4988ae {
  border: 2px solid #4988ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4988ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 136 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 41% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4988ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4988ae, #4956ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4988ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 136 174 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.00 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.92 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.61 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.76 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.92 #b67751 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4988ae  rgb(73, 136, 174)  hsl(203, 41%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#ae6f49  rgb(174, 111, 73)  hsl(23, 41%, 48%)  Cafe au Lait
#ae4988  rgb(174, 73, 136)  hsl(323, 41%, 48%)  Mulberry
#88ae49  rgb(136, 174, 73)  hsl(83, 41%, 48%)  Olivine