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#498AAA

#498aaa ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#498aaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 54.12% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.06% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 199.79°, with 39.92% 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.225

Complementary

  1. #498aaa
  2. #aa6949

Split complementary

  1. #498aaa
  2. #aa495a
  3. #aa9a49

Analogous

  1. #49aa9a
  2. #498aaa
  3. #495aaa

Triadic

  1. #498aaa
  2. #aa498a
  3. #8aaa49

Tetradic

  1. #498aaa
  2. #6949aa
  3. #aa6949
  4. #8aaa49

Square

  1. #498aaa
  2. #9a49aa
  3. #aa6949
  4. #5aaa49

Monochromatic

  1. #1b333f
  2. #325f74
  3. #498aaa
  4. #7aadc6
  5. #afcedd

Shades

#498aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #498aaa
  2. #427c99
  3. #3a6e88
  4. #336177
  5. #2c5366
  6. #254555
  7. #1d3744
  8. #162933
  9. #0f1c22
  10. #070e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#498aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #498aaa
  2. #5b96b3
  3. #6da1bb
  4. #80adc4
  5. #92b9cc
  6. #a4c5d5
  7. #b6d0dd
  8. #c8dce6
  9. #dbe8ee
  10. #edf3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#498aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #498aaa
  2. #4f89a6
  3. #5488a2
  4. #5a879d
  5. #5f8699
  6. #658595
  7. #6a8491
  8. #70838d
  9. #758288
  10. #7b8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a88ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d7eaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009394 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a89ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6083aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #298f9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-498aaa {
  color: #498aaa;
}
Background
.bg-498aaa {
  background-color: #498aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-498aaa {
  border: 2px solid #498aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #498aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 138 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 40% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-498aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #498aaa, #495aaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-498aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 138 170 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.02 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.20 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.15 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.90 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.29 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 9.65 #b67555 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#498aaa  rgb(73, 138, 170)  hsl(200, 40%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#aa6949  rgb(170, 105, 73)  hsl(20, 40%, 48%)  Cafe au Lait
#aa498a  rgb(170, 73, 138)  hsl(320, 40%, 48%)  Mulberry
#8aaa49  rgb(138, 170, 73)  hsl(80, 40%, 48%)  Asparagus