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Recognised as Colour

#80A0FF

  • #80A0FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#80A0FF is a blue with RGB values 128, 160, 255 and HSL 225°, 100%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#80A0FF#80A0FF
HEX#80A0FF
RGBrgb(128, 160, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6275, 1
RGB percentages50.2%, 62.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(224.9, 100%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.9, 49.8%, 100%)
CMYK49.8%, 37.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,429,823
CSS custom property--colour: #80A0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#7F5F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BAAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D9EFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#48B4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.6Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Royal blue · ΔE 27Steel blue · ΔE 30Slate blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDF80
Analogous#80DFFF, #A080FF
Triadic#FF80A0, #A0FF80
Split complementary#FFA080, #DFFF80
Tetradic#FF80DF, #FFDF80, #80FFA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6ECFF
Lighter +10%#B3C6FF
Darker −10%#4D7AFF
Darker −20%#1A54FF
Darker −30%#003AE6
Darker −40%#002DB3
More saturated +25%#80A0FF
Less saturated −25%#90A8EF

Channel breakdown

R128
G160
B255
Red128 (50.2%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue224.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G A0 · B FF

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