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Colour

#809FEB

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

#809FEB is a blue with RGB values 128, 159, 235 and HSL 223°, 73%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#809FEB#809FEB
HEX#809FEB
RGBrgb(128, 159, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6235, 0.9216
RGB percentages50.2%, 62.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(222.6, 72.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 45.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK45.5%, 32.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,547
CSS custom property--colour: #809FEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#7F6014

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#789CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#57AFBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.8Light skyblue · ΔE 27.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5Light steelblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBCC80
Analogous#80D5EB, #9680EB
Triadic#EB809F, #9FEB80
Split complementary#EB9680, #D5EB80
Tetradic#EB80D5, #EBCC80, #80EB96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E2F9
Lighter +10%#ACC0F2
Darker −10%#547EE4
Darker −20%#285CDD
Darker −30%#1D49B5
Darker −40%#163789
More saturated +25%#6E97FD
Less saturated −25%#92A7D9

Channel breakdown

R128
G159
B235
Red128 (50.2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue222.62°
Saturation (HSL)72.79%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 9F · B EB

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