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#4E8AAE

#4e8aae ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8aae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 54.12% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.17% cyan, 20.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 202.5°, with 38.1% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.2285

Complementary

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #ae724e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #ae4e5a
  3. #aea24e

Analogous

  1. #4eaea2
  2. #4e8aae
  3. #4e5aae

Triadic

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #ae4e8a
  3. #8aae4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #724eae
  3. #ae724e
  4. #8aae4e

Square

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #a24eae
  3. #ae724e
  4. #5aae4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3644
  2. #366079
  3. #4e8aae
  4. #82adc7
  5. #b6cfde

Shades

#4e8aae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #467c9d
  3. #3e6e8b
  4. #37617a
  5. #2f5368
  6. #274557
  7. #1f3746
  8. #172934
  9. #101c23
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8aae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #6096b6
  3. #71a1be
  4. #83adc6
  5. #95b9ce
  6. #a7c5d7
  7. #b8d0df
  8. #cadce7
  9. #dce8ef
  10. #edf3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8aae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8aae
  2. #5389a9
  3. #5888a5
  4. #5d87a0
  5. #62869c
  6. #678597
  7. #6c8492
  8. #71838e
  9. #768289
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728696 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7989b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7fad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #029396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b89af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6184ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3190a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8aae {
  color: #4e8aae;
}
Background
.bg-4e8aae {
  background-color: #4e8aae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8aae {
  border: 2px solid #4e8aae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8aae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 138 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 38% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8aae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8aae, #4e5aae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8aae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 138 174 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 2.35 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.44 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.45 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.96 #b17551 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e8aae  rgb(78, 138, 174)  hsl(203, 38%, 49%)  Air Force Blue
#ae724e  rgb(174, 114, 78)  hsl(23, 38%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#ae4e8a  rgb(174, 78, 138)  hsl(323, 38%, 49%)  Mulberry
#8aae4e  rgb(138, 174, 78)  hsl(83, 38%, 49%)  Olivine