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Recognised as Colour

#809CDE

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

#809CDE is a blue with RGB values 128, 156, 222 and HSL 222°, 59%, 69%. 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

#809CDE#809CDE
HEX#809CDE
RGBrgb(128, 156, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6118, 0.8706
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(222.1, 58.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 42.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK42.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,428,766
CSS custom property--colour: #809CDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#7F6321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85A1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B99DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5FAAB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.7Light steelblue · ΔE 26.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC280
Analogous#80CBDE, #9380DE
Triadic#DE809C, #9CDE80
Split complementary#DE9380, #CBDE80
Tetradic#DE80CB, #DEC280, #80DE93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFE
Lighter +20%#D1DBF3
Lighter +10%#A8BCE9
Darker −10%#587CD3
Darker −20%#335FC5
Darker −30%#294B9C
Darker −40%#1E3874
More saturated +25%#6C94F2
Less saturated −25%#94A4CA

Channel breakdown

R128
G156
B222
Red128 (50.2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue222.13°
Saturation (HSL)58.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9C · B DE

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