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#5D8A97

#5d8a97 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5d8a97 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.47% red, 54.12% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.41% cyan, 8.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.78% black. Its hue angle is 193.45°, with 23.77% saturation and 47.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 7.1.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2274

Complementary

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #976a5d

Split complementary

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #975d6d
  3. #97875d

Analogous

  1. #5d9787
  2. #5d8a97
  3. #5d6d97

Triadic

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #975d8a
  3. #8a975d

Tetradic

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #6a5d97
  3. #976a5d
  4. #8a975d

Square

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #875d97
  3. #976a5d
  4. #6d975d

Monochromatic

  1. #233338
  2. #405f68
  3. #5d8a97
  4. #8aadb7
  5. #b9ced4

Shades

#5d8a97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #547c88
  3. #4a6e79
  4. #41616a
  5. #38535b
  6. #2f454c
  7. #25373c
  8. #1c292d
  9. #131c1e
  10. #090e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#5d8a97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #6d96a1
  3. #7da1ac
  4. #8eadb6
  5. #9eb9c1
  6. #aec5cb
  7. #bed0d5
  8. #cedce0
  9. #dfe8ea
  10. #eff3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5d8a97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5d8a97
  2. #618995
  3. #648892
  4. #688790
  5. #6b868e
  6. #6f858c
  7. #728489
  8. #768387
  9. #798285
  10. #7d8182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #76868c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #818798 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #788097 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #478f8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #748897 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e8497 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #518d92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5d8a97 {
  color: #5d8a97;
}
Background
.bg-5d8a97 {
  background-color: #5d8a97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5d8a97 {
  border: 2px solid #5d8a97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5d8a97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 93 138 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 24% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5d8a97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5d8a97, #5d6d97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5d8a97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(93 138 151 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.50 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.08 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 9.25 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.31 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.31 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.55 #a27568 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5d8a97  rgb(93, 138, 151)  hsl(193, 24%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#976a5d  rgb(151, 106, 93)  hsl(13, 24%, 48%)  Copper Rose
#975d8a  rgb(151, 93, 138)  hsl(313, 24%, 48%)  Deep Plum
#8a975d  rgb(138, 151, 93)  hsl(73, 24%, 48%)  Moss Green