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Recognised as Colour

#80A8EA

  • #80A8EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#80A8EA is a blue with RGB values 128, 168, 234 and HSL 217°, 72%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#80A8EA#80A8EA
HEX#80A8EA
RGBrgb(128, 168, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6588, 0.9176
RGB percentages50.2%, 65.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(217.4, 71.6%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.4, 45.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK45.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,431,850
CSS custom property--colour: #80A8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#7F5715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FACEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#56B6BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.7Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.4Light steelblue · ΔE 24.8Sky blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC280
Analogous#80DDEA, #8D80EA
Triadic#EA80A8, #A8EA80
Split complementary#EA8D80, #DDEA80
Tetradic#EA80DD, #EAC280, #80EA8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E4F8
Lighter +10%#ACC6F1
Darker −10%#548AE3
Darker −20%#286CDC
Darker −30%#1E56B3
Darker −40%#164188
More saturated +25%#6DA3FC
Less saturated −25%#93ADD7

Channel breakdown

R128
G168
B234
Red128 (50.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue217.36°
Saturation (HSL)71.62%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G A8 · B EA

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