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#6F96AE

#6f96ae ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6f96ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 58.82% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.21% cyan, 13.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 202.86°, with 28% 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 6.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.2825

Complementary

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #ae876f

Split complementary

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #ae6f76
  3. #aea66f

Analogous

  1. #6faea6
  2. #6f96ae
  3. #6f76ae

Triadic

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #ae6f96
  3. #96ae6f

Tetradic

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #876fae
  3. #ae876f
  4. #96ae6f

Square

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #a66fae
  3. #ae876f
  4. #76ae6f

Monochromatic

  1. #304654
  2. #4b6f85
  3. #6f96ae
  4. #a0baca
  5. #d1dde5

Shades

#6f96ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #64879d
  3. #59788b
  4. #4e697a
  5. #435a68
  6. #384b57
  7. #2c3c46
  8. #212d34
  9. #161e23
  10. #0b0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#6f96ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #7da1b6
  3. #8cabbe
  4. #9ab6c6
  5. #a9c0ce
  6. #b7cbd7
  7. #c5d5df
  8. #d4e0e7
  9. #e2eaef
  10. #f1f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6f96ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6f96ae
  2. #7194a9
  3. #7292a5
  4. #748fa0
  5. #768d9c
  6. #788b97
  7. #798992
  8. #7b878e
  9. #7d8489
  10. #7e8285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85939d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b95af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #828eae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #599c9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8195af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b91ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #639aa4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6f96ae {
  color: #6f96ae;
}
Background
.bg-6f96ae {
  background-color: #6f96ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6f96ae {
  border: 2px solid #6f96ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6f96ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 150 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 28% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6f96ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f96ae, #6f76ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6f96ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 150 174 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.21 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.95 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.27 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.36 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.09 #906951 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#6f96ae  rgb(111, 150, 174)  hsl(203, 28%, 56%)  Air Force Blue
#ae876f  rgb(174, 135, 111)  hsl(23, 28%, 56%)  Beaver
#ae6f96  rgb(174, 111, 150)  hsl(323, 28%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#96ae6f  rgb(150, 174, 111)  hsl(83, 28%, 56%)  Asparagus