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#6D96AE

#6d96ae ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6d96ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 58.82% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.36% cyan, 13.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 202.15°, with 28.63% saturation and 55.49% 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 6.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.2812

Complementary

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #ae856d

Split complementary

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #ae6d76
  3. #aea56d

Analogous

  1. #6daea5
  2. #6d96ae
  3. #6d76ae

Triadic

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #ae6d96
  3. #96ae6d

Tetradic

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #856dae
  3. #ae856d
  4. #96ae6d

Square

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #a56dae
  3. #ae856d
  4. #76ae6d

Monochromatic

  1. #2e4654
  2. #4a6f85
  3. #6d96ae
  4. #9eb9c9
  5. #cfdde5

Shades

#6d96ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #62879d
  3. #57788b
  4. #4c697a
  5. #415a68
  6. #374b57
  7. #2c3c46
  8. #212d34
  9. #161e23
  10. #0b0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d96ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #7ca1b6
  3. #8aabbe
  4. #99b6c6
  5. #a7c0ce
  6. #b6cbd7
  7. #c5d5df
  8. #d3e0e7
  9. #e2eaef
  10. #f0f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d96ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d96ae
  2. #6f94a9
  3. #7192a5
  4. #738fa0
  5. #758d9c
  6. #778b97
  7. #788992
  8. #7a878e
  9. #7c8489
  10. #7e8285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84939d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b95af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #828dae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #569c9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8095af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a91ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #609aa4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d96ae {
  color: #6d96ae;
}
Background
.bg-6d96ae {
  background-color: #6d96ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6d96ae {
  border: 2px solid #6d96ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d96ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 150 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 29% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d96ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d96ae, #6d76ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d96ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 150 174 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.06 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.28 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.28 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.01 #926951 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#6d96ae  rgb(109, 150, 174)  hsl(202, 29%, 55%)  Air Force Blue
#ae856d  rgb(174, 133, 109)  hsl(22, 29%, 55%)  Beaver
#ae6d96  rgb(174, 109, 150)  hsl(322, 29%, 55%)  Sky Magenta
#96ae6d  rgb(150, 174, 109)  hsl(82, 29%, 55%)  Olivine