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Recognised as Colour

#809BE9

  • #809BE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#809BE9 is a blue with RGB values 128, 155, 233 and HSL 225°, 70%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#809BE9#809BE9
HEX#809BE9
RGBrgb(128, 155, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6078, 0.9137
RGB percentages50.2%, 60.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(224.6, 70.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.6, 45.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK45.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,521
CSS custom property--colour: #809BE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#7F6416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7499E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#59ABB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 28.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.5Light skyblue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9CE80
Analogous#80D0E9, #9A80E9
Triadic#E9809B, #9BE980
Split complementary#E99980, #D0E980
Tetradic#E980D0, #E9CE80, #80E999

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7DFF8
Lighter +10%#ABBDF1
Darker −10%#5579E1
Darker −20%#2957DA
Darker −30%#1F44B1
Darker −40%#173486
More saturated +25%#6D92FC
Less saturated −25%#93A4D6

Channel breakdown

R128
G155
B233
Red128 (50.2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue224.57°
Saturation (HSL)70.47%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9B · B E9

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