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Recognised as Colour

#80879D

  • #80879D
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#80879D is a blue with RGB values 128, 135, 157 and HSL 226°, 13%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#80879D#80879D
HEX#80879D
RGBrgb(128, 135, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5294, 0.6157
RGB percentages50.2%, 52.9%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(225.5, 12.9%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 18.5%, 61.6%)
CMYK18.5%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,423,325
CSS custom property--colour: #80879D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#7F7862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81899Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F869Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#798B8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 4.8Slate grey · ΔE 6Gray · ΔE 13.1Dim grey · ΔE 17.5Dark grey · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 4.76, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D9680
Analogous#80969D, #88809D
Triadic#9D8087, #879D80
Split complementary#9D8880, #969D80
Tetradic#9D8096, #9D9680, #809D88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F4F6
Lighter +30%#D6D9E0
Lighter +20%#BABDC9
Lighter +10%#9DA2B3
Darker −10%#666D84
Darker −20%#505567
Darker −30%#393E4B
Darker −40%#23262E
More saturated +25%#6478B9
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R128
G135
B157
Red128 (50.2%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue225.52°
Saturation (HSL)12.89%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 87 · B 9D

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