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Recognised as Colour

#809DFD

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

#809DFD is a blue with RGB values 128, 157, 253 and HSL 226°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#809DFD#809DFD
HEX#809DFD
RGBrgb(128, 157, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6157, 0.9922
RGB percentages50.2%, 61.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(226.1, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.1, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK49.4%, 37.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,053
CSS custom property--colour: #809DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#7F6202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A9CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4BB1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.3Medium purple · ΔE 24.1Royal blue · ΔE 25.8Slate blue · ΔE 30.2Steel blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE080
Analogous#80DCFD, #A180FD
Triadic#FD809D, #9DFD80
Split complementary#FDA280, #DCFD80
Tetradic#FD80DC, #FDE080, #80FDA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EAFF
Lighter +10%#B2C4FE
Darker −10%#4E76FC
Darker −20%#1C50FB
Darker −30%#0437E0
Darker −40%#032BAE
More saturated +25%#7E9CFF
Less saturated −25%#90A6ED

Channel breakdown

R128
G157
B253
Red128 (50.2%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue226.08°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9D · B FD

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