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#4E8FB3

#4e8fb3 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8fb3 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 70.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.42% cyan, 20.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 201.39°, with 39.92% saturation and 50.39% 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 5.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.15.

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Relative luminance0.2452

Complementary

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #b3724e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #b34e5c
  3. #b3a54e

Analogous

  1. #4eb3a5
  2. #4e8fb3
  3. #4e5cb3

Triadic

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #b34e8f
  3. #8fb34e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #724eb3
  3. #b3724e
  4. #8fb34e

Square

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #a54eb3
  3. #b3724e
  4. #5cb34e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3a49
  2. #36657e
  3. #4e8fb3
  4. #84b1ca
  5. #b9d3e1

Shades

#4e8fb3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #4681a1
  3. #3e728f
  4. #37647d
  5. #2f566b
  6. #27485a
  7. #1f3948
  8. #172b36
  9. #101d24
  10. #080e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8fb3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #609abb
  3. #71a5c2
  4. #83b1ca
  5. #95bcd1
  6. #a7c7d9
  7. #b8d2e1
  8. #cadde8
  9. #dce9f0
  10. #edf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8fb3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8fb3
  2. #538eae
  3. #588ca9
  4. #5d8ba4
  5. #62899f
  6. #67889a
  7. #6c8694
  8. #71858f
  9. #76838a
  10. #7b8285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758b9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e8eb5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7083b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00989b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e8eb4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6488b3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2e95a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8fb3 {
  color: #4e8fb3;
}
Background
.bg-4e8fb3 {
  background-color: #4e8fb3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8fb3 {
  border: 2px solid #4e8fb3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8fb3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 143 179;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 40% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8fb3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8fb3, #4e5cb3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8fb3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 143 179 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.30 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.86 #b1704c Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e8fb3  rgb(78, 143, 179)  hsl(201, 40%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#b3724e  rgb(179, 114, 78)  hsl(21, 40%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#b34e8f  rgb(179, 78, 143)  hsl(321, 40%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8fb34e  rgb(143, 179, 78)  hsl(81, 40%, 50%)  Olivine