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#4E85A0

#4e85a0 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e85a0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.16% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.25% cyan, 16.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 199.76°, with 34.45% saturation and 46.67% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.2093

Complementary

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #a0694e

Split complementary

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #a04e5c
  3. #a0924e

Analogous

  1. #4ea092
  2. #4e85a0
  3. #4e5ca0

Triadic

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #a04e85
  3. #85a04e

Tetradic

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #694ea0
  3. #a0694e
  4. #85a04e

Square

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #924ea0
  3. #a0694e
  4. #5ca04e

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3039
  2. #355a6d
  3. #4e85a0
  4. #7ca9bf
  5. #afcbd8

Shades

#4e85a0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #467890
  3. #3e6a80
  4. #375d70
  5. #2f5060
  6. #274350
  7. #1f3540
  8. #172830
  9. #101b20
  10. #080d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e85a0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #6091aa
  3. #719db3
  4. #83aabd
  5. #95b6c6
  6. #a7c2d0
  7. #b8ced9
  8. #cadae3
  9. #dce7ec
  10. #edf3f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e85a0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e85a0
  2. #53859d
  3. #58849a
  4. #5d8496
  5. #628393
  6. #678390
  7. #6c828d
  8. #71828a
  9. #768186
  10. #7b8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e818d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7883a1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7aa0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #208c8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6984a1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #617fa0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #388a95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e85a0 {
  color: #4e85a0;
}
Background
.bg-4e85a0 {
  background-color: #4e85a0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e85a0 {
  border: 2px solid #4e85a0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e85a0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 133 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 34% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e85a0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e85a0, #4e5ca0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e85a0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 133 160 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.62 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.57 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.46 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 7.81 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.87 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.87 #b17a5f Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e85a0  rgb(78, 133, 160)  hsl(200, 34%, 47%)  Air Force Blue
#a0694e  rgb(160, 105, 78)  hsl(20, 34%, 47%)  Cafe au Lait
#a04e85  rgb(160, 78, 133)  hsl(320, 34%, 47%)  Deep Plum
#85a04e  rgb(133, 160, 78)  hsl(80, 34%, 47%)  Moss Green