Aviation Hydraulic Fluids (MIL-SPEC)

  • MIL-PRF-5606 (Mineral Red)
    #c0392b
  • MIL-PRF-83282 (Synthetic Red)
    #e74c3c
  • Skydrol (Phosphate Ester Purple)
    #8e44ad
  • Skydrol LD-4 (Yellow)
    #f1c40f
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Aviation Hydraulic Fluids (MIL-SPEC) has 4 colors, mostly red and purple. The lightest color is Skydrol LD-4 (Yellow) (#F1C40F), the darkest Skydrol (Phosphate Ester Purple) (#8E44AD). Its strongest contrast pair is #8E44AD on #F1C40F (3.5:1, WCAG AA for large text).

Created at 11/14/2026 19:06
The palette consists of Semi dark, Light colors. Accent colors Skydrol (Phosphate Ester Purple) #8e44ad and Skydrol LD-4 (Yellow) #f1c40f. Palette has Warm, Cool colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #8E44AD (darkest) to #F1C40F (lightest). The lightness range is moderate.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma) — 75% of colors are vivid.

A varied palette: its hues are spread across about 126° of the color wheel.

Overall temperature among swatches leans warm (3 of 4).

HEX codes (sorted): #8E44AD, #C0392B, #E74C3C, #F1C40F

Palette Aviation Hydraulic Fluids (MIL-SPEC) combines 4 color codes:
HEX: #c0392b, RGB: (192, 57, 43); HEX: #e74c3c, RGB: (231, 76, 60); HEX: #8e44ad, RGB: (142, 68, 173)
HEX: #f1c40f, RGB: (241, 196, 15)
Simplified version of palette colors
Tint of Firebrick, Shade of Tomato, Tint of Dark Orchid, Shade of Gold
Color scheme was created by colorslib

Color codes in palette

Aviation Hydraulic Fluids (MIL-SPEC) color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#c0392b#c0392bRGB(192, 57, 43)MIL-PRF-5606 (Mineral Red)—
#e74c3c#e74c3cRGB(231, 76, 60)MIL-PRF-83282 (Synthetic Red)—
#8e44ad#8e44adRGB(142, 68, 173)Skydrol (Phosphate Ester Purple)—
#f1c40f#f1c40fRGB(241, 196, 15)Skydrol LD-4 (Yellow)—

Color Palette Contrast

3 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#c0392b
#e74c3c
1.42
#c0392b
#8e44ad
1.07
#e74c3c
#8e44ad
1.53

Image palette Aviation Hydraulic Fluids (MIL-SPEC) png