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Recognised as Colour

#809DE5

  • #809DE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#809DE5 is a blue with RGB values 128, 157, 229 and HSL 223°, 66%, 70%. 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

#809DE5#809DE5
HEX#809DE5
RGBrgb(128, 157, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6157, 0.898
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(222.8, 66%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.8, 44.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK44.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,029
CSS custom property--colour: #809DE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#7F621A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A3E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#799AE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5BACB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C880
Analogous#80D0E5, #9580E5
Triadic#E5809D, #9DE580
Split complementary#E59580, #D0E580
Tetradic#E580D0, #E5C880, #80E595

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5DEF6
Lighter +10%#AABEEE
Darker −10%#567CDC
Darker −20%#2B5CD4
Darker −30%#2349A9
Darker −40%#1A377F
More saturated +25%#6D95F8
Less saturated −25%#93A5D2

Channel breakdown

R128
G157
B229
Red128 (50.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue222.77°
Saturation (HSL)66.01%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9D · B E5

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