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#4E8EAF

#4e8eaf ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8eaf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 55.69% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.43% cyan, 18.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 200.41°, with 38.34% 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 5.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.08.

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Relative luminance0.2406

Complementary

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #af6f4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #af4e5e
  3. #afa04e

Analogous

  1. #4eafa0
  2. #4e8eaf
  3. #4e5eaf

Triadic

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #af4e8e
  3. #8eaf4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #6f4eaf
  3. #af6f4e
  4. #8eaf4e

Square

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #a04eaf
  3. #af6f4e
  4. #5eaf4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3845
  2. #36637a
  3. #4e8eaf
  4. #82b0c7
  5. #b7d1df

Shades

#4e8eaf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #46809e
  3. #3e728c
  4. #37637b
  5. #2f5569
  6. #274758
  7. #1f3946
  8. #172b35
  9. #101c23
  10. #080e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8eaf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #6099b7
  3. #71a5bf
  4. #83b0c7
  5. #95bbcf
  6. #a7c7d7
  7. #b8d2df
  8. #cadde7
  9. #dce8ef
  10. #edf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8eaf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8eaf
  2. #538daa
  3. #588ba6
  4. #5d8aa1
  5. #62889c
  6. #678798
  7. #6c8693
  8. #71848e
  9. #768389
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748a98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e8cb1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7082af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009799 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e8db0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6487af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3093a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8eaf {
  color: #4e8eaf;
}
Background
.bg-4e8eaf {
  background-color: #4e8eaf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8eaf {
  border: 2px solid #4e8eaf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8eaf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 142 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 38% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8eaf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8eaf, #4e5eaf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8eaf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 142 175 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.08 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.53 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.45 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.30 #b17150 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e8eaf  rgb(78, 142, 175)  hsl(200, 38%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#af6f4e  rgb(175, 111, 78)  hsl(20, 38%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#af4e8e  rgb(175, 78, 142)  hsl(320, 38%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8eaf4e  rgb(142, 175, 78)  hsl(80, 38%, 50%)  Olivine