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Recognised as Colour

#8099FD

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

#8099FD is a blue with RGB values 128, 153, 253 and HSL 228°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8099FD#8099FD
HEX#8099FD
RGBrgb(128, 153, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6, 0.9922
RGB percentages50.2%, 60%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(228, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK49.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,029
CSS custom property--colour: #8099FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.89:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#7F6602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72A4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#659AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4BAEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 21.7Royal blue · ΔE 23.2Slate blue · ΔE 27.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE480
Analogous#80D8FD, #A580FD
Triadic#FD8099, #99FD80
Split complementary#FDA680, #D8FD80
Tetradic#FD80D8, #FDE480, #80FDA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EAFF
Lighter +10%#B2C1FE
Darker −10%#4E71FC
Darker −20%#1C48FB
Darker −30%#0430E0
Darker −40%#0325AE
More saturated +25%#7E98FF
Less saturated −25%#90A3ED

Channel breakdown

R128
G153
B253
Red128 (50.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 99 · B FD

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