Air Force blue
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| Air Force Blue | ||
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| Hex triplet | #5D8AA8 | |
| sRGBB | (r, g, b) | (93, 138, 168) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (210°, 45%, 45%) |
| Source | RAF[1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Air Force blue is a medium shade of the colour azure. This shade gets its name from the medium bluish-gray colour which is associated with the Royal Air Force and other air forces which use the colour to mark out their particular service identity. In the modern RAF, the shirts worn as part of the service dress and service working dress uniforms and the predominant colour of the Royal Air Force Ensign resemble air force blue.
(The RAF Ensign is "NATO stock no.8305-99-130-4578, Pantone 549C".[2] The flag of the Royal Air Force was officially adopted on 24 March 1921. [3]).
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The shade of the colour that is shown in the colour info-box is air force blue. (Many air forces use shades which closely resemble air force blue, including the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth of Nations, i.e., the Canadian Forces Air Command, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ History of the RAF, Chapter 7 – Cultural & Organizational Heritage, p. 370
- ^ FOTW website
- ^ Detailed timeline for adoption of the RAF flag:
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