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#508CB4

#508cb4 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#508cb4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.37% red, 54.9% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.56% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 40% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.8.

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Relative luminance0.2376

Complementary

  1. #508cb4
  2. #b47850

Split complementary

  1. #508cb4
  2. #b4505a
  3. #b4aa50

Analogous

  1. #50b4aa
  2. #508cb4
  3. #505ab4

Triadic

  1. #508cb4
  2. #b4508c
  3. #8cb450

Tetradic

  1. #508cb4
  2. #7850b4
  3. #b47850
  4. #8cb450

Square

  1. #508cb4
  2. #aa50b4
  3. #b47850
  4. #5ab450

Monochromatic

  1. #203a4b
  2. #376380
  3. #508cb4
  4. #86afcb
  5. #bbd2e2

Shades

#508cb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #508cb4
  2. #487ea2
  3. #407090
  4. #38627e
  5. #30546c
  6. #28465a
  7. #203848
  8. #182a36
  9. #101c24
  10. #080e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#508cb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #508cb4
  2. #6298bc
  3. #73a3c3
  4. #85afcb
  5. #96bad2
  6. #a8c6da
  7. #b9d1e1
  8. #cbdde9
  9. #dce8f0
  10. #eef4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#508cb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #508cb4
  2. #558baf
  3. #5a8aaa
  4. #5e88a4
  5. #63879f
  6. #68869a
  7. #6d8595
  8. #728490
  9. #76828a
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #74889a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a8cb6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c81b3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c8cb5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6286b4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3292a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-508cb4 {
  color: #508cb4;
}
Background
.bg-508cb4 {
  background-color: #508cb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-508cb4 {
  border: 2px solid #508cb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #508cb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 80 140 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 40% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-508cb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #508cb4, #505ab4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-508cb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(80 140 180 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.53 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.87 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.00 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.36 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.78 #af734b Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#508cb4  rgb(80, 140, 180)  hsl(204, 40%, 51%)  Air Force Blue
#b47850  rgb(180, 120, 80)  hsl(24, 40%, 51%)  Cafe au Lait
#b4508c  rgb(180, 80, 140)  hsl(324, 40%, 51%)  Mulberry
#8cb450  rgb(140, 180, 80)  hsl(84, 40%, 51%)  Olivine