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#698997

#698997 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#698997 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 53.73% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.46% cyan, 9.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.78% black. Its hue angle is 198.26°, with 18.11% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.2313

Complementary

  1. #698997
  2. #977769

Split complementary

  1. #698997
  2. #976972
  3. #978e69

Analogous

  1. #69978e
  2. #698997
  3. #697297

Triadic

  1. #698997
  2. #976989
  3. #899769

Tetradic

  1. #698997
  2. #776997
  3. #977769
  4. #899769

Square

  1. #698997
  2. #8e6997
  3. #977769
  4. #729769

Monochromatic

  1. #2a373d
  2. #4a606a
  3. #698997
  4. #96adb6
  5. #c3d0d6

Shades

#698997 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #698997
  2. #5f7b88
  3. #546e79
  4. #4a606a
  5. #3f525b
  6. #35454c
  7. #2a373c
  8. #20292d
  9. #151b1e
  10. #0b0e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#698997 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #698997
  2. #7895a1
  3. #87a1ac
  4. #96acb6
  5. #a5b8c1
  6. #b4c4cb
  7. #c3d0d5
  8. #d2dce0
  9. #e1e7ea
  10. #f0f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#698997 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #698997
  2. #6b8895
  3. #6e8792
  4. #708690
  5. #72858e
  6. #75858c
  7. #778489
  8. #798387
  9. #7b8285
  10. #7e8182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a868c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #828798 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b8297 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5a8d8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #788897 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #748597 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #608c91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-698997 {
  color: #698997;
}
Background
.bg-698997 {
  background-color: #698997;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-698997 {
  border: 2px solid #698997;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #698997;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 137 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 18% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-698997 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #698997, #697297);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-698997 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 137 151 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.67 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 5.87 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 5.87 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 6.35 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 6.35 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.44 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.68 #967668 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#698997  rgb(105, 137, 151)  hsl(198, 18%, 50%)  Air Force Blue
#977769  rgb(151, 119, 105)  hsl(18, 18%, 50%)  Beaver
#976989  rgb(151, 105, 137)  hsl(318, 18%, 50%)  Mountbatten Pink
#899769  rgb(137, 151, 105)  hsl(78, 18%, 50%)  Moss Green