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#4591BF

#4591bf ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4591bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 56.86% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.87% cyan, 24.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 202.62°, with 48.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 6.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.2528

Complementary

  1. #4591bf
  2. #bf7345

Split complementary

  1. #4591bf
  2. #bf4554
  3. #bfb045

Analogous

  1. #45bfb0
  2. #4591bf
  3. #4554bf

Triadic

  1. #4591bf
  2. #bf4591
  3. #91bf45

Tetradic

  1. #4591bf
  2. #7345bf
  3. #bf7345
  4. #91bf45

Square

  1. #4591bf
  2. #b045bf
  3. #bf7345
  4. #54bf45

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3c50
  2. #2f6789
  3. #4591bf
  4. #7eb3d3
  5. #b7d4e6

Shades

#4591bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4591bf
  2. #3e83ac
  3. #377499
  4. #306686
  5. #295773
  6. #234960
  7. #1c3a4c
  8. #152c39
  9. #0e1d26
  10. #070f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4591bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4591bf
  2. #589cc5
  3. #6aa7cc
  4. #7db2d2
  5. #8fbdd9
  6. #a2c8df
  7. #b5d3e5
  8. #c7deec
  9. #dae9f2
  10. #ecf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4591bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4591bf
  2. #4b8fb9
  3. #518eb2
  4. #578cac
  5. #5d8aa6
  6. #6389a0
  7. #688799
  8. #6e8593
  9. #74838d
  10. #7a8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748da2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c91c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b84be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a91c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e8abf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4591bf {
  color: #4591bf;
}
Background
.bg-4591bf {
  background-color: #4591bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4591bf {
  border: 2px solid #4591bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4591bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 145 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 49% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4591bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4591bf, #4554bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4591bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 145 191 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.22 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.55 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.07 #ba6e40 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4591bf  rgb(69, 145, 191)  hsl(203, 49%, 51%)  Air Force Blue
#bf7345  rgb(191, 115, 69)  hsl(23, 49%, 51%)  Copper
#bf4591  rgb(191, 69, 145)  hsl(323, 49%, 51%)  Mulberry
#91bf45  rgb(145, 191, 69)  hsl(83, 49%, 51%)  Yellow Green