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#5F8EA6

#5f8ea6 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5f8ea6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 55.69% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.77% cyan, 14.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 200.28°, with 28.51% 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 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2453

Complementary

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #a6775f

Split complementary

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #a65f6b
  3. #a69b5f

Analogous

  1. #5fa69b
  2. #5f8ea6
  3. #5f6ba6

Triadic

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #a65f8e
  3. #8ea65f

Tetradic

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #775fa6
  3. #a6775f
  4. #8ea65f

Square

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #9b5fa6
  3. #a6775f
  4. #6ba65f

Monochromatic

  1. #273b45
  2. #426577
  3. #5f8ea6
  4. #90b1c1
  5. #c1d3dd

Shades

#5f8ea6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #568095
  3. #4c7285
  4. #436374
  5. #395564
  6. #304753
  7. #263942
  8. #1d2b32
  9. #131c21
  10. #0a0e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5f8ea6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #6f99af
  3. #7fa5b8
  4. #8fb0c1
  5. #9fbbca
  6. #afc7d3
  7. #bfd2db
  8. #cfdde4
  9. #dfe8ed
  10. #eff4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5f8ea6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5f8ea6
  2. #628da2
  3. #668b9e
  4. #698a9b
  5. #6c8897
  6. #708793
  7. #73868f
  8. #76848b
  9. #798388
  10. #7d8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a8a95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828ca7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7884a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #429596 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #768da7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f88a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4f929c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5f8ea6 {
  color: #5f8ea6;
}
Background
.bg-5f8ea6 {
  background-color: #5f8ea6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5f8ea6 {
  border: 2px solid #5f8ea6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5f8ea6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 142 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 29% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5f8ea6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5f8ea6, #5f6ba6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5f8ea6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 142 166 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.89 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.41 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.53 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.21 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 8.55 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 8.55 #a07159 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#5f8ea6  rgb(95, 142, 166)  hsl(200, 29%, 51%)  Air Force Blue
#a6775f  rgb(166, 119, 95)  hsl(20, 29%, 51%)  Cafe au Lait
#a65f8e  rgb(166, 95, 142)  hsl(320, 29%, 51%)  Mulberry
#8ea65f  rgb(142, 166, 95)  hsl(80, 29%, 51%)  Asparagus