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#598EA7

#598ea7 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#598ea7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 55.69% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.71% cyan, 14.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 199.23°, with 30.71% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.2426

Complementary

  1. #598ea7
  2. #a77259

Split complementary

  1. #598ea7
  2. #a75967
  3. #a79959

Analogous

  1. #59a799
  2. #598ea7
  3. #5967a7

Triadic

  1. #598ea7
  2. #a7598e
  3. #8ea759

Tetradic

  1. #598ea7
  2. #7259a7
  3. #a77259
  4. #8ea759

Square

  1. #598ea7
  2. #9959a7
  3. #a77259
  4. #67a759

Monochromatic

  1. #243943
  2. #3e6475
  3. #598ea7
  4. #8bb0c2
  5. #bdd2dc

Shades

#598ea7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #598ea7
  2. #508096
  3. #477286
  4. #3e6375
  5. #355564
  6. #2d4754
  7. #243943
  8. #1b2b32
  9. #121c21
  10. #090e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#598ea7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #598ea7
  2. #6a99b0
  3. #7aa5b9
  4. #8bb0c1
  5. #9bbbca
  6. #acc7d3
  7. #bdd2dc
  8. #cddde5
  9. #dee8ed
  10. #eef4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#598ea7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #598ea7
  2. #5d8da3
  3. #618b9f
  4. #658a9b
  5. #698897
  6. #6d8794
  7. #708690
  8. #74848c
  9. #788388
  10. #7c8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #778a95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #818ca8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7683a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #359596 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #738da8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c88a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46929d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-598ea7 {
  color: #598ea7;
}
Background
.bg-598ea7 {
  background-color: #598ea7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-598ea7 {
  border: 2px solid #598ea7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #598ea7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 142 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 31% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-598ea7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #598ea7, #5967a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-598ea7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 142 167 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.31 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.23 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.53 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.83 #a67158 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#598ea7  rgb(89, 142, 167)  hsl(199, 31%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#a77259  rgb(167, 114, 89)  hsl(19, 31%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#a7598e  rgb(167, 89, 142)  hsl(319, 31%, 50%)  Mulberry
#8ea759  rgb(142, 167, 89)  hsl(79, 31%, 50%)  Asparagus