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Recognised as Colour

#8090EB

  • #8090EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8090EB is a blue with RGB values 128, 144, 235 and HSL 231°, 73%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8090EB#8090EB
HEX#8090EB
RGBrgb(128, 144, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5647, 0.9216
RGB percentages50.2%, 56.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(231, 72.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231, 45.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,425,707
CSS custom property--colour: #8090EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#7F6F14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E9BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6592E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5AA3B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.7Medium purple · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 24.1Slate blue · ΔE 26.7Steel blue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDB80
Analogous#80C6EB, #A580EB
Triadic#EB8090, #90EB80
Split complementary#EBA580, #C6EB80
Tetradic#EB80C5, #EBDB80, #80EBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8DDF9
Lighter +10%#ACB7F2
Darker −10%#5469E4
Darker −20%#2843DD
Darker −30%#1D33B5
Darker −40%#162789
More saturated +25%#6E83FD
Less saturated −25%#929DD9

Channel breakdown

R128
G144
B235
Red128 (50.2%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue231.03°
Saturation (HSL)72.79%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 90 · B EB

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