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#4E8FAC

#4e8fac ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8fac is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 56.08% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.65% cyan, 16.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 198.51°, with 37.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.98.

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Relative luminance0.2424

Complementary

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #ac6b4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #ac4e60
  3. #ac9a4e

Analogous

  1. #4eac9a
  2. #4e8fac
  3. #4e60ac

Triadic

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #ac4e8f
  3. #8fac4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #6b4eac
  3. #ac6b4e
  4. #8fac4e

Square

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #9a4eac
  3. #ac6b4e
  4. #60ac4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e3743
  2. #366377
  3. #4e8fac
  4. #81b0c6
  5. #b5d1de

Shades

#4e8fac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #46819b
  3. #3e728a
  4. #376478
  5. #2f5667
  6. #274856
  7. #1f3945
  8. #172b34
  9. #101d22
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8fac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #609ab4
  3. #71a5bd
  4. #83b1c5
  5. #95bccd
  6. #a7c7d6
  7. #b8d2de
  8. #cadde6
  9. #dce9ee
  10. #edf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8fac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8fac
  2. #538ea8
  3. #588ca3
  4. #5d8b9f
  5. #62899a
  6. #678896
  7. #6c8692
  8. #71858d
  9. #768389
  10. #7b8284
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748a97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #808dad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7383ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #039798 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f8ead ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6688ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3194a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8fac {
  color: #4e8fac;
}
Background
.bg-4e8fac {
  background-color: #4e8fac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8fac {
  border: 2px solid #4e8fac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8fac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 143 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 38% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8fac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8fac, #4e60ac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8fac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 143 172 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.03 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.98 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.89 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.04 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.02 #b17053 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e8fac  rgb(78, 143, 172)  hsl(199, 38%, 49%)  Air Force Blue
#ac6b4e  rgb(172, 107, 78)  hsl(19, 38%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#ac4e8f  rgb(172, 78, 143)  hsl(319, 38%, 49%)  Mulberry
#8fac4e  rgb(143, 172, 78)  hsl(79, 38%, 49%)  Olivine