Colour

#8090D9

#8090D9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8090D9 is a blue with RGB values 128, 144, 217 and HSL 229°, 54%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8090D9

RGBrgb(128, 144, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5647, 0.851

RGB percentages50.2%, 56.5%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(229.2, 53.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.2, 41%, 85.1%)

CMYK41%, 33.6%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,425,689

CSS custom property--colour: #8090D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1

Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#7F6F26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7798DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7090D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#639FABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.7 Steel blue · ΔE 20.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.5 Medium purple · ΔE 27.3 Plum · ΔE 28.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9C980

Analogous#80BDD9, #9C80D9

Triadic#D98090, #90D980

Split complementary#D99C80, #BDD980

Tetradic#D980BD, #D9C980, #80D99D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F7FC

Lighter +20%#CFD5F0

Lighter +10%#A7B2E5

Darker −10%#596ECD

Darker −20%#3850BB

Darker −30%#2C3F94

Darker −40%#202E6D

More saturated +25%#6B83EE

Less saturated −25%#959DC4

Channel breakdown

R128

G144

B217

Red128 (50.2%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue229.21°

Saturation (HSL)53.94%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 90 · B D9

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