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#7697B3

#7697b3 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7697b3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 59.22% green and 70.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.08% cyan, 15.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 207.54°, with 28.64% saturation and 58.24% 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 6.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2924

Complementary

  1. #7697b3
  2. #b39276

Split complementary

  1. #7697b3
  2. #b37679
  3. #b3b176

Analogous

  1. #76b3b1
  2. #7697b3
  3. #7679b3

Triadic

  1. #7697b3
  2. #b37697
  3. #97b376

Tetradic

  1. #7697b3
  2. #9276b3
  3. #b39276
  4. #97b376

Square

  1. #7697b3
  2. #b176b3
  3. #b39276
  4. #79b376

Monochromatic

  1. #334a5d
  2. #4f718e
  3. #7697b3
  4. #a7bcce
  5. #d8e2ea

Shades

#7697b3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7697b3
  2. #6a88a1
  3. #5e798f
  4. #536a7d
  5. #475b6b
  6. #3b4c5a
  7. #2f3c48
  8. #232d36
  9. #181e24
  10. #0c0f12
  11. #000000

Tints

#7697b3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7697b3
  2. #84a1bb
  3. #91acc2
  4. #9fb6ca
  5. #adc1d1
  6. #bbcbd9
  7. #c8d5e1
  8. #d6e0e8
  9. #e4eaf0
  10. #f1f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7697b3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7697b3
  2. #7795ae
  3. #7892a9
  4. #7990a4
  5. #7a8e9f
  6. #7b8c9a
  7. #7c8994
  8. #7d878f
  9. #7e858a
  10. #7f8285
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8895a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c97b4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8490b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #629ea0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8497b4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f93b3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6b9ba8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7697b3 {
  color: #7697b3;
}
Background
.bg-7697b3 {
  background-color: #7697b3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7697b3 {
  border: 2px solid #7697b3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7697b3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 151 179;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 29% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7697b3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7697b3, #7679b3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7697b3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 151 179 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.16 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 6.55 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 6.55 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.32 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.57 #89684c Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#7697b3  rgb(118, 151, 179)  hsl(208, 29%, 58%)  Air Force Blue
#b39276  rgb(179, 146, 118)  hsl(28, 29%, 58%)  Camel
#b37697  rgb(179, 118, 151)  hsl(328, 29%, 58%)  Turkish Rose
#97b376  rgb(151, 179, 118)  hsl(88, 29%, 58%)  Olivine