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#5E8EA7

#5e8ea7 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5e8ea7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 55.69% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.71% cyan, 14.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 200.55°, with 29.32% saturation and 51.18% 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 5.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.2452

Complementary

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #a7775e

Split complementary

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #a75e6a
  3. #a79c5e

Analogous

  1. #5ea79c
  2. #5e8ea7
  3. #5e6aa7

Triadic

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #a75e8e
  3. #8ea75e

Tetradic

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #775ea7
  3. #a7775e
  4. #8ea75e

Square

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #9c5ea7
  3. #a7775e
  4. #6aa75e

Monochromatic

  1. #263b46
  2. #416577
  3. #5e8ea7
  4. #8fb1c2
  5. #c1d3dd

Shades

#5e8ea7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #558096
  3. #4b7286
  4. #426375
  5. #385564
  6. #2f4754
  7. #263943
  8. #1c2b32
  9. #131c21
  10. #090e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5e8ea7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #6e99b0
  3. #7ea5b9
  4. #8eb0c1
  5. #9ebbca
  6. #afc7d3
  7. #bfd2dc
  8. #cfdde5
  9. #dfe8ed
  10. #eff4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5e8ea7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5e8ea7
  2. #618da3
  3. #658b9f
  4. #688a9b
  5. #6c8897
  6. #6f8794
  7. #728690
  8. #76848c
  9. #798388
  10. #7d8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #798a95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828ca8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7784a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #409596 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #758da8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e88a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4d929d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5e8ea7 {
  color: #5e8ea7;
}
Background
.bg-5e8ea7 {
  background-color: #5e8ea7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5e8ea7 {
  border: 2px solid #5e8ea7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5e8ea7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 142 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 29% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5e8ea7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5e8ea7, #5e6aa7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5e8ea7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 142 167 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.31 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.63 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.91 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.61 #a17158 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5e8ea7  rgb(94, 142, 167)  hsl(201, 29%, 51%)  Air Force Blue
#a7775e  rgb(167, 119, 94)  hsl(21, 29%, 51%)  Cafe au Lait
#a75e8e  rgb(167, 94, 142)  hsl(321, 29%, 51%)  Mulberry
#8ea75e  rgb(142, 167, 94)  hsl(81, 29%, 51%)  Asparagus