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#548AAA

#548aaa ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#548aaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.94% red, 54.12% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.59% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 202.33°, with 33.86% saturation and 49.8% 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 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 1.53.

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Relative luminance0.2296

Complementary

  1. #548aaa
  2. #aa7454

Split complementary

  1. #548aaa
  2. #aa545f
  3. #aa9f54

Analogous

  1. #54aa9f
  2. #548aaa
  3. #545faa

Triadic

  1. #548aaa
  2. #aa548a
  3. #8aaa54

Tetradic

  1. #548aaa
  2. #7454aa
  3. #aa7454
  4. #8aaa54

Square

  1. #548aaa
  2. #9f54aa
  3. #aa7454
  4. #5faa54

Monochromatic

  1. #213744
  2. #3b6077
  3. #548aaa
  4. #87adc4
  5. #bad0dd

Shades

#548aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #548aaa
  2. #4c7c99
  3. #436e88
  4. #3b6177
  5. #325366
  6. #2a4555
  7. #223744
  8. #192933
  9. #111c22
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#548aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #548aaa
  2. #6596b3
  3. #76a1bb
  4. #87adc4
  5. #98b9cc
  6. #aac5d5
  7. #bbd0dd
  8. #ccdce6
  9. #dde8ee
  10. #eef3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#548aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #548aaa
  2. #5889a6
  3. #5d88a2
  4. #61879d
  5. #668699
  6. #6a8595
  7. #6e8491
  8. #73838d
  9. #778288
  10. #7c8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748695 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b89ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f80a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #279294 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e89ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6584aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3e8f9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-548aaa {
  color: #548aaa;
}
Background
.bg-548aaa {
  background-color: #548aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-548aaa {
  border: 2px solid #548aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #548aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 84 138 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 34% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-548aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #548aaa, #545faa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-548aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(84 138 170 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 1.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.53 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.99 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.10 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.33 #ab7555 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#548aaa  rgb(84, 138, 170)  hsl(202, 34%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#aa7454  rgb(170, 116, 84)  hsl(22, 34%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#aa548a  rgb(170, 84, 138)  hsl(322, 34%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8aaa54  rgb(138, 170, 84)  hsl(82, 34%, 50%)  Asparagus