Air Force blue

Air Force Blue
Colour coordinates
Hex triplet	#5D8AA8
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(93, 138, 168)
HSV (h, s, v)	(204°, 45%, 66%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(55, 37, 234°)
Source	Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Air Force Blue is a medium light shade of the colour blue. This shade gets its name from the light blue 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 are both air force blue. Air force blue is also the predominant colour of the Royal Air Force Ensign.

The source of this color is the Royal Air Force flag displayed within the history pages of the official website of the Royal Air Force: Go to Chapter 7—Cultural & Organizational Heritage; click on this chapter and a PDF file will come up; go to page 370, which is page 56 of 66 in the PDF file—there will be a May 1948 picture of the flag displaying the official colors of the Royal Air Force by the King’s heraldry scribe:

Royal Air Force Ensign. Flag ratio: 1:2

Air force blue in human culture

Military

• The color air force blue is used in the ensigns of many of the air forces of the British Commonwealth.
• A color close to the British air force blue is used for the uniforms of the United States Air Force.

See also

• List of colours
• Royal Air Force Uniform
• Navy blue