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#508AAA

#508aaa ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#508aaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.37% red, 54.12% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.94% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 201.33°, with 36% 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.21.

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Relative luminance0.2278

Complementary

  1. #508aaa
  2. #aa7050

Split complementary

  1. #508aaa
  2. #aa505d
  3. #aa9d50

Analogous

  1. #50aa9d
  2. #508aaa
  3. #505daa

Triadic

  1. #508aaa
  2. #aa508a
  3. #8aaa50

Tetradic

  1. #508aaa
  2. #7050aa
  3. #aa7050
  4. #8aaa50

Square

  1. #508aaa
  2. #9d50aa
  3. #aa7050
  4. #5daa50

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3642
  2. #386076
  3. #508aaa
  4. #82adc4
  5. #b6cfdd

Shades

#508aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #508aaa
  2. #487c99
  3. #406e88
  4. #386177
  5. #305366
  6. #284555
  7. #203744
  8. #182933
  9. #101c22
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#508aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #508aaa
  2. #6296b3
  3. #73a1bb
  4. #85adc4
  5. #96b9cc
  6. #a8c5d5
  7. #b9d0dd
  8. #cbdce6
  9. #dce8ee
  10. #eef3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#508aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #508aaa
  2. #5589a6
  3. #5a88a2
  4. #5e879d
  5. #638699
  6. #688595
  7. #6d8491
  8. #72838d
  9. #768288
  10. #7b8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b89ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e7faa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #189394 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c89ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6384aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #378f9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-508aaa {
  color: #508aaa;
}
Background
.bg-508aaa {
  background-color: #508aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-508aaa {
  border: 2px solid #508aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #508aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 80 138 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 36% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-508aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #508aaa, #505daa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-508aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(80 138 170 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.21 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.56 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.92 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.62 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.46 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.50 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.76 #af7555 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#508aaa  rgb(80, 138, 170)  hsl(201, 36%, 49%)  Air Force Blue
#aa7050  rgb(170, 112, 80)  hsl(21, 36%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#aa508a  rgb(170, 80, 138)  hsl(321, 36%, 49%)  Mulberry
#8aaa50  rgb(138, 170, 80)  hsl(81, 36%, 49%)  Asparagus