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Air Force blue (USAF) / #00308f Hex Color Code

#00308f Paint ChipThe color air force blue (usaf) with hexadecimal color code #00308f is a medium dark shade of cyan-blue. In the RGB color model #00308f is comprised of 0% red, 18.82% green and 56.08% blue. In the HSL color space #00308f has a hue of 220° (degrees), 100% saturation and 28% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 469.31 nm.

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#00308f linear gradient to complementary #4e8f00

  1. #00308f
  2. #343f7e
  3. #454f6c
  4. #4e5e5a
  5. #526e47
  6. #527f2f
  7. #4e8f00

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #002784
  2. #002a88
  3. #002d8b
  4. #00308f
  5. #0c3393
  6. #153696
  7. #1c399a

Tones

  1. #00308f
  2. #243483
  3. #323877
  4. #3b3c6b
  5. #414060
  6. #454454
  7. #484848

Tints and Shades

#00308f to white

  1. #00308f
  2. #474ea2
  3. #6f6eb4
  4. #9490c7
  5. #b8b4da
  6. #dbd9ec
  7. #ffffff / #fff

#00308f to black

  1. #00308f
  2. #102976
  3. #15225e
  4. #161b46
  5. #131530
  6. #0f0c1c
  7. #000000 / #000

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#00308f HTML / CSS Code Examples

#00308f foreground

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Salvador Dali
<p style="color: #00308f">…</p>

#00308f background

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Paul Cezanne
<p style="background-color: #00308f">…</p>

#00308f shadow

To create one's own world takes courage.

Georgia O'Keeffe
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #00308f">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
12431
Binary
00000000, 00110000, 10001111
Hexadecimal
#00308f
LRV
≈ 4.1%
Closest short hex
#039 ΔE = 2.027
RGB
rgb(0, 48, 143)
RGBA
rgba(0, 48, 143, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.000, g: 0.251, b: 0.749
RYB
red: 0.000%, yellow: 14.093%, blue: 56.078%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-16764785 / 0xff00308f
HSL
hsl(220, 100%, 28%)
HSLA
hsla(220, 100%, 28%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 220° (219.860), saturation: 100% (1.000), value: 56% (0.561)
HSP
hue: 219.860, saturation: 100.000%, perceived brightness: 23.801%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 261.100, S: 100.019, L: 23.987
Cubehelix
H: -142.259, S: 1.487, L: 0.173
TSL
T: -2.096, S: 0.461, L: 0.174
CMYK
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 66% (0.664), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 44% (0.439)
CMY
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 81% (0.812), yellow: 44% (0.439)
XYZ
X: 6.013, Y: 4.096, Z: 26.455
xyY
x: 0.164, y: 0.112, Y: 4.096
CIELab
L: 23.987, a: 26.873, b: -55.856
CIELuv
L: 23.987, u: -10.608, v: -67.743
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 23.987, C: 61.984, H: 295.692
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 23.987, C: 68.568, H: 261.100
Hunter-Lab
L: 20.239, a: 17.614, b: -63.332
CIECAM02
J: 16.270, C: 58.037, h: 257.129, Q: 79.469, M: 50.753, s: 79.915, H: 309.602
OSA-UCS
lightness: -10.717, jaune: -10.180, green: 2.455
LMS
L: 1.870, M: 2.884, S: 26.090
YCbCr
Y: 54.206, Cb: 176.809, Cr: 100.183
YCoCg
Y: 59.750, Cg: -11.750, Co: -35.750
YDbDr
Y: 44.478, Db: 148.235, Dr: 84.599
YPbPr
Y: 44.616, Pb: 53.020, Pr: -28.370
xvYCC
Y: 54.317, Cb: 174.574, Cr: 103.079
YIQ
Y: 44.478, I: -59.114, Q: 19.408
YUV
Y: 44.478, U: 48.483, V: -39.021
Munsell Color System
7.5PB 2/10 ΔE = 6.894
Brand Color
Nokia ΔE = 2.635

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