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#698EB4

#698eb4 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#698eb4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 55.69% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.67% cyan, 21.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 210.4°, with 33.33% saturation and 55.88% 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 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.46.

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Relative luminance0.2564

Complementary

  1. #698eb4
  2. #b48f69

Split complementary

  1. #698eb4
  2. #b46969
  3. #b3b469

Analogous

  1. #69b3b4
  2. #698eb4
  3. #6969b4

Triadic

  1. #698eb4
  2. #b4698e
  3. #8eb469

Tetradic

  1. #698eb4
  2. #8f69b4
  3. #b48f69
  4. #8eb469

Square

  1. #698eb4
  2. #b469b3
  3. #b48f69
  4. #69b469

Monochromatic

  1. #2c4258
  2. #45688b
  3. #698eb4
  4. #9cb4cd
  5. #cfdbe7

Shades

#698eb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #698eb4
  2. #5f80a2
  3. #547290
  4. #4a637e
  5. #3f556c
  6. #35475a
  7. #2a3948
  8. #202b36
  9. #151c24
  10. #0b0e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#698eb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #698eb4
  2. #7899bc
  3. #87a5c3
  4. #96b0cb
  5. #a5bbd2
  6. #b4c7da
  7. #c3d2e1
  8. #d2dde9
  9. #e1e8f0
  10. #f0f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#698eb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #698eb4
  2. #6b8daf
  3. #6e8baa
  4. #708aa4
  5. #72889f
  6. #75879a
  7. #778695
  8. #798490
  9. #7b838a
  10. #7e8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e8c9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f8fb6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7687b3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4d979b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #778fb5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #718ab4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5a93a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-698eb4 {
  color: #698eb4;
}
Background
.bg-698eb4 {
  background-color: #698eb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-698eb4 {
  border: 2px solid #698eb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #698eb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 142 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 33% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-698eb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #698eb4, #6969b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-698eb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 142 180 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.83 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.79 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.57 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.13 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.13 #96714b Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#698eb4  rgb(105, 142, 180)  hsl(210, 33%, 56%)  Air Force Blue
#b48f69  rgb(180, 143, 105)  hsl(30, 33%, 56%)  Camel
#b4698e  rgb(180, 105, 142)  hsl(330, 33%, 56%)  Turkish Rose
#8eb469  rgb(142, 180, 105)  hsl(90, 33%, 56%)  Olivine