Recognised as Colour

#087FD2

#087FD2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#087FD2 is a blue with RGB values 8, 127, 210 and HSL 205°, 93%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#087FD2

RGBrgb(8, 127, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.498, 0.8235

RGB percentages3.1%, 49.8%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(204.7, 92.7%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.7, 96.2%, 82.4%)

CMYK96.2%, 39.5%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer557,010

CSS custom property--colour: #087FD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.98:1

Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#F7802D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5584D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3674D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00939Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.8 Steel blue · ΔE 19.5 Royal blue · ΔE 28.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D25B08

Analogous#08D2C0, #081AD2

Triadic#D2087F, #7FD208

Split complementary#D2081A, #D2C008

Tetradic#C008D2, #D25B08, #1AD208

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#AADAFC

Lighter +30%#79C5FA

Lighter +20%#48B0F8

Lighter +10%#179AF6

Darker −10%#0661A1

Darker −20%#044470

Darker −30%#02263F

Darker −40%#01080D

More saturated +25%#0080DA

Less saturated −25%#237AB7

Channel breakdown

G127

B210

Red8 (3.1%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue204.65°

Saturation (HSL)92.66%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 7F · B D2

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