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Recognised as Colour

#809EFD

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

#809EFD is a blue with RGB values 128, 158, 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

#809EFD#809EFD
HEX#809EFD
RGBrgb(128, 158, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6196, 0.9922
RGB percentages50.2%, 62%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(225.6, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.6, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK49.4%, 37.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,309
CSS custom property--colour: #809EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.23:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#7F6102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C9DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4AB2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.6Medium purple · ΔE 24.8Royal blue · ΔE 26.4Steel blue · ΔE 30Slate blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDF80
Analogous#80DCFD, #A180FD
Triadic#FD809E, #9EFD80
Split complementary#FDA180, #DCFD80
Tetradic#FD80DC, #FDDF80, #80FDA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4EBFF
Lighter +10%#B2C4FE
Darker −10%#4E78FC
Darker −20%#1C51FB
Darker −30%#0439E0
Darker −40%#032CAE
More saturated +25%#7E9DFF
Less saturated −25%#90A6ED

Channel breakdown

R128
G158
B253
Red128 (50.2%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue225.6°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9E · B FD

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