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#5E849E

#5e849e ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e849e is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 51.76% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.51% cyan, 16.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 204.38°, with 25.4% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.45.

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Relative luminance0.2135

Complementary

  1. #5e849e
  2. #9e785e

Split complementary

  1. #5e849e
  2. #9e5e64
  3. #9e985e

Analogous

  1. #5e9e98
  2. #5e849e
  3. #5e649e

Triadic

  1. #5e849e
  2. #9e5e84
  3. #849e5e

Tetradic

  1. #5e849e
  2. #785e9e
  3. #9e785e
  4. #849e5e

Square

  1. #5e849e
  2. #985e9e
  3. #9e785e
  4. #649e5e

Monochromatic

  1. #25343e
  2. #415c6e
  3. #5e849e
  4. #8da9bb
  5. #bdcdd8

Shades

#5e849e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e849e
  2. #55778e
  3. #4b6a7e
  4. #425c6f
  5. #384f5f
  6. #2f424f
  7. #26353f
  8. #1c282f
  9. #131a20
  10. #090d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e849e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e849e
  2. #6e90a8
  3. #7e9db1
  4. #8ea9bb
  5. #9eb5c5
  6. #afc2cf
  7. #bfced8
  8. #cfdae2
  9. #dfe6ec
  10. #eff3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e849e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e849e
  2. #61849b
  3. #658398
  4. #688395
  5. #6c8292
  6. #6f828f
  7. #72828c
  8. #768189
  9. #798186
  10. #7d8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #73818d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79839f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #707c9e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #468b8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f849f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #697f9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #518894 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e849e {
  color: #5e849e;
}
Background
.bg-5e849e {
  background-color: #5e849e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e849e {
  border: 2px solid #5e849e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e849e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 132 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 25% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e849e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e849e, #5e649e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e849e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 132 158 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.81 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 5.88 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 5.88 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.06 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.06 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.22 #a17b61 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5e849e  rgb(94, 132, 158)  hsl(204, 25%, 49%)  Air Force Blue
#9e785e  rgb(158, 120, 94)  hsl(24, 25%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#9e5e84  rgb(158, 94, 132)  hsl(324, 25%, 49%)  Mauve Taupe
#849e5e  rgb(132, 158, 94)  hsl(84, 25%, 49%)  Moss Green