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#4E8EA8

#4e8ea8 ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8ea8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 55.69% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.57% cyan, 15.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 197.33°, with 36.59% saturation and 48.24% 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 5.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.2379

Complementary

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #a8684e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #a84e61
  3. #a8954e

Analogous

  1. #4ea895
  2. #4e8ea8
  3. #4e61a8

Triadic

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #a84e8e
  3. #8ea84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #684ea8
  3. #a8684e
  4. #8ea84e

Square

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #954ea8
  3. #a8684e
  4. #61a84e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3640
  2. #366274
  3. #4e8ea8
  4. #7fb0c4
  5. #b3d0dc

Shades

#4e8ea8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #468097
  3. #3e7286
  4. #376376
  5. #2f5565
  6. #274754
  7. #1f3943
  8. #172b32
  9. #101c22
  10. #080e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8ea8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #6099b1
  3. #71a5b9
  4. #83b0c2
  5. #95bbcb
  6. #a7c7d4
  7. #b8d2dc
  8. #cadde5
  9. #dce8ee
  10. #edf4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8ea8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8ea8
  2. #538da4
  3. #588ba0
  4. #5d8a9c
  5. #628898
  6. #678794
  7. #6c8690
  8. #71848c
  9. #768388
  10. #7b8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748995 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #808ca9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7382a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0f9696 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f8da9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6687a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #33939e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8ea8 {
  color: #4e8ea8;
}
Background
.bg-4e8ea8 {
  background-color: #4e8ea8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8ea8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e8ea8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8ea8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 142 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 37% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8ea8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8ea8, #4e61a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8ea8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 142 168 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.54 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 4.96 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.72 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.16 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.29 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.10 #b17157 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#4e8ea8  rgb(78, 142, 168)  hsl(197, 37%, 48%)  Air Force Blue
#a8684e  rgb(168, 104, 78)  hsl(17, 37%, 48%)  Sienna
#a84e8e  rgb(168, 78, 142)  hsl(317, 37%, 48%)  Deep Plum
#8ea84e  rgb(142, 168, 78)  hsl(77, 37%, 48%)  Moss Green