The US Air Force Academy uses a particular shade of azure, subtly different from US Air Force blue, in its sporting and other insignia, described as USAFA blue in the official documentation.
What color is US Air Force Academy Blue?
US Air Force Academy Blue color belongs to the Blue color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for US Air Force Academy Blue is #004F98, and the RGB color code is RGB(0, 79, 152).
In the RGB color model, US Air Force Academy Blue has a red value of 0, a green value of 79, and a blue value of 152. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 100.0% cyan, 48.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 40.4% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 208.8° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 29.8 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, US Air Force Academy Blue has a hue of 208.8° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 59.6 % brightness/value.
US Air Force Academy Blue is cool or warm?
The color US Air Force Academy Blue is a cool color.
What is the LRV of US Air Force Academy Blue?
US Air Force Academy Blue has an LRV of nearly 8. By LRV value, it is a dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
US Air Force Academy Blue color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(208.82deg, 100.0 %, 29.8 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 208.82°
W: 0.00 %
B: 40.39 %
XYZ
X : 8.46
Y : 7.86
Z : 30.78
YXY
Y1 : 7.86
X : 0.18
Y2 : 0.17
CMY
C : 100.00%
M : 69.02%
Y : 40.39%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 33.69
A : 9.11
B : -45.59
CIE-Lch
L : 33.69
C : 46.49
H : 281.3
CIE-Luv
L : 33.69
U : -18.84
V : -63.45
Hunter-Lab
L : 28.03
A : 4.83
B : -45.47
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
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