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#528BAD

#528bad ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#528bad is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.16% red, 54.51% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.6% cyan, 19.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 202.42°, with 35.69% saturation and 50% 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 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 1.88.

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Relative luminance0.2328

Complementary

  1. #528bad
  2. #ad7452

Split complementary

  1. #528bad
  2. #ad525d
  3. #ada252

Analogous

  1. #52ada2
  2. #528bad
  3. #525dad

Triadic

  1. #528bad
  2. #ad528b
  3. #8bad52

Tetradic

  1. #528bad
  2. #7452ad
  3. #ad7452
  4. #8bad52

Square

  1. #528bad
  2. #a252ad
  3. #ad7452
  4. #5dad52

Monochromatic

  1. #213845
  2. #396179
  3. #528bad
  4. #86aec6
  5. #bad1de

Shades

#528bad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #528bad
  2. #4a7d9c
  3. #426f8a
  4. #396179
  5. #315368
  6. #294657
  7. #213845
  8. #192a34
  9. #101c23
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#528bad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #528bad
  2. #6397b5
  3. #75a2bd
  4. #86aec6
  5. #97b9ce
  6. #a9c5d6
  7. #bad1de
  8. #cbdce6
  9. #dce8ef
  10. #eef3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#528bad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #528bad
  2. #578aa9
  3. #5b89a4
  4. #6088a0
  5. #64879b
  6. #698697
  7. #6e8492
  8. #72838e
  9. #778289
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b8aaf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f80ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1c9496 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d8aae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6485ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3990a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-528bad {
  color: #528bad;
}
Background
.bg-528bad {
  background-color: #528bad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-528bad {
  border: 2px solid #528bad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #528bad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 82 139 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 36% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-528bad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #528bad, #525dad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-528bad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(82 139 173 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 1.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.09 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.35 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.81 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.92 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.11 #ad7452 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#528bad  rgb(82, 139, 173)  hsl(202, 36%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#ad7452  rgb(173, 116, 82)  hsl(22, 36%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#ad528b  rgb(173, 82, 139)  hsl(322, 36%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8bad52  rgb(139, 173, 82)  hsl(82, 36%, 50%)  Olivine