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Recognised as Colour

#809DE8

  • #809DE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#809DE8 is a blue with RGB values 128, 157, 232 and HSL 223°, 69%, 71%. 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

#809DE8#809DE8
HEX#809DE8
RGBrgb(128, 157, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6157, 0.9098
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.6%, 91%
HSLhsl(223.3, 69.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 44.8%, 91%)
CMYK44.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,032
CSS custom property--colour: #809DE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#7F6217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#779BE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#59ADB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 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 text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9Steel blue · ΔE 20.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.2Light skyblue · ΔE 27.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 28Medium purple · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8CB80
Analogous#80D1E8, #9780E8
Triadic#E8809D, #9DE880
Split complementary#E89780, #D1E880
Tetradic#E880D1, #E8CB80, #80E897

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E0F8
Lighter +10%#ABBEF0
Darker −10%#557CE0
Darker −20%#2A5AD8
Darker −30%#2048AF
Darker −40%#183684
More saturated +25%#6D95FB
Less saturated −25%#93A5D5

Channel breakdown

R128
G157
B232
Red128 (50.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue223.27°
Saturation (HSL)69.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9D · B E8

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