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Recognised as Colour

#8099EB

  • #8099EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8099EB is a blue with RGB values 128, 153, 235 and HSL 226°, 73%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8099EB#8099EB
HEX#8099EB
RGBrgb(128, 153, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6, 0.9216
RGB percentages50.2%, 60%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(226, 72.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 45.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,011
CSS custom property--colour: #8099EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#7F6614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7198E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#58AAB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.7Medium purple · ΔE 26.7Royal blue · ΔE 30.2Plum · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD280
Analogous#80CEEB, #9D80EB
Triadic#EB8099, #99EB80
Split complementary#EB9D80, #CEEB80
Tetradic#EB80CE, #EBD280, #80EB9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E0F9
Lighter +10%#ACBCF2
Darker −10%#5476E4
Darker −20%#2852DD
Darker −30%#1D40B5
Darker −40%#163189
More saturated +25%#6E8FFD
Less saturated −25%#92A3D9

Channel breakdown

R128
G153
B235
Red128 (50.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue225.98°
Saturation (HSL)72.79%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 99 · B EB

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