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#5696B2

#5696b2 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5696b2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.73% red, 58.82% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.69% cyan, 15.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 198.26°, with 37.4% saturation and 51.76% 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 6.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 5.25.

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Relative luminance0.2701

Complementary

  1. #5696b2
  2. #b27256

Split complementary

  1. #5696b2
  2. #b25668
  3. #b2a056

Analogous

  1. #56b2a0
  2. #5696b2
  3. #5668b2

Triadic

  1. #5696b2
  2. #b25696
  3. #96b256

Tetradic

  1. #5696b2
  2. #7256b2
  3. #b27256
  4. #96b256

Square

  1. #5696b2
  2. #a056b2
  3. #b27256
  4. #68b256

Monochromatic

  1. #23404c
  2. #3b6b81
  3. #5696b2
  4. #8bb7ca
  5. #bfd7e2

Shades

#5696b2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5696b2
  2. #4d87a0
  3. #45788e
  4. #3c697d
  5. #345a6b
  6. #2b4b59
  7. #223c47
  8. #1a2d35
  9. #111e24
  10. #090f12
  11. #000000

Tints

#5696b2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5696b2
  2. #67a1ba
  3. #78abc1
  4. #89b6c9
  5. #9ac0d1
  6. #abcbd9
  7. #bbd5e0
  8. #cce0e8
  9. #ddeaf0
  10. #eef5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5696b2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5696b2
  2. #5a94ad
  3. #5e92a8
  4. #638fa3
  5. #678d9e
  6. #6b8b99
  7. #6f8994
  8. #73878f
  9. #78848a
  10. #7c8285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b919e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8794b3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a8ab2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1f9e9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7795b3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d8fb2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3c9ba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5696b2 {
  color: #5696b2;
}
Background
.bg-5696b2 {
  background-color: #5696b2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5696b2 {
  border: 2px solid #5696b2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5696b2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 86 150 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 37% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5696b2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5696b2, #5668b2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5696b2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(86 150 178 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.25 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.50 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.65 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.42 #a9694d Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5696b2  rgb(86, 150, 178)  hsl(198, 37%, 52%)  Air Force Blue
#b27256  rgb(178, 114, 86)  hsl(18, 37%, 52%)  Cafe au Lait
#b25696  rgb(178, 86, 150)  hsl(318, 37%, 52%)  Mulberry
#96b256  rgb(150, 178, 86)  hsl(78, 37%, 52%)  Olivine