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#5E8596

#5e8596 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#5e8596 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 52.16% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.33% cyan, 11.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black. Its hue angle is 198.21°, with 22.95% saturation and 47.84% 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 5.08.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2136

Complementary

  1. #5e8596
  2. #966f5e

Split complementary

  1. #5e8596
  2. #965e69
  3. #968b5e

Analogous

  1. #5e968b
  2. #5e8596
  3. #5e6996

Triadic

  1. #5e8596
  2. #965e85
  3. #85965e

Tetradic

  1. #5e8596
  2. #6f5e96
  3. #966f5e
  4. #85965e

Square

  1. #5e8596
  2. #8b5e96
  3. #966f5e
  4. #69965e

Monochromatic

  1. #233238
  2. #415b67
  3. #5e8596
  4. #8aa9b6
  5. #baccd3

Shades

#5e8596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e8596
  2. #557887
  3. #4b6a78
  4. #425d69
  5. #38505a
  6. #2f434b
  7. #26353c
  8. #1c282d
  9. #131b1e
  10. #090d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e8596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e8596
  2. #6e91a1
  3. #7e9dab
  4. #8eaab6
  5. #9eb6c0
  6. #afc2cb
  7. #bfced5
  8. #cfdae0
  9. #dfe7ea
  10. #eff3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e8596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e8596
  2. #618594
  3. #658492
  4. #68848f
  5. #6c838d
  6. #6f838b
  7. #728289
  8. #768287
  9. #798184
  10. #7d8182
  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 #738289 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c8397 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #747d96 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4a8a8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #718497 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c8096 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #53888f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e8596 {
  color: #5e8596;
}
Background
.bg-5e8596 {
  background-color: #5e8596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e8596 {
  border: 2px solid #5e8596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e8596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 133 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 23% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e8596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e8596, #5e6996);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e8596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 133 150 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.08 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 7.02 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 7.02 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.27 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.27 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 8.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.41 #a17a69 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5e8596  rgb(94, 133, 150)  hsl(198, 23%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#966f5e  rgb(150, 111, 94)  hsl(18, 23%, 48%)  Beaver
#965e85  rgb(150, 94, 133)  hsl(318, 23%, 48%)  Twilight Lavender
#85965e  rgb(133, 150, 94)  hsl(78, 23%, 48%)  Moss Green