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#6C8DA1

#6c8da1 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6c8da1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 55.29% green and 63.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.92% cyan, 12.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 202.64°, with 21.99% saturation and 52.75% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.2481

Complementary

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #a1806c

Split complementary

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #a16c73
  3. #a19b6c

Analogous

  1. #6ca19b
  2. #6c8da1
  3. #6c73a1

Triadic

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #a16c8d
  3. #8da16c

Tetradic

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #806ca1
  3. #a1806c
  4. #8da16c

Square

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #9b6ca1
  3. #a1806c
  4. #73a16c

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3d47
  2. #4b6575
  3. #6c8da1
  4. #9bb1bf
  5. #c9d5dd

Shades

#6c8da1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #617f91
  3. #567181
  4. #4c6371
  5. #415561
  6. #364751
  7. #2b3840
  8. #202a30
  9. #161c20
  10. #0b0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#6c8da1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #7b98aa
  3. #89a4b4
  4. #98afbd
  5. #a7bbc7
  6. #b6c6d0
  7. #c4d1d9
  8. #d3dde3
  9. #e2e8ec
  10. #f0f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6c8da1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6c8da1
  2. #6e8c9e
  3. #708a9a
  4. #728997
  5. #748894
  6. #768791
  7. #78858d
  8. #7a848a
  9. #7c8387
  10. #7e8183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e8a93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #848ca2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c86a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5b9293 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b8ca2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7689a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #629099 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6c8da1 {
  color: #6c8da1;
}
Background
.bg-6c8da1 {
  background-color: #6c8da1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6c8da1 {
  border: 2px solid #6c8da1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6c8da1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 141 161;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 22% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6c8da1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6c8da1, #6c73a1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6c8da1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 141 161 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 3.69 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 4.81 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 4.81 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 6.28 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 6.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.21 #93725e Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#6c8da1  rgb(108, 141, 161)  hsl(203, 22%, 53%)  Air Force Blue
#a1806c  rgb(161, 128, 108)  hsl(23, 22%, 53%)  Beaver
#a16c8d  rgb(161, 108, 141)  hsl(323, 22%, 53%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8da16c  rgb(141, 161, 108)  hsl(83, 22%, 53%)  Moss Green