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Recognised as Colour

#80ACEA

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

#80ACEA is a blue with RGB values 128, 172, 234 and HSL 215°, 72%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#80ACEA#80ACEA
HEX#80ACEA
RGBrgb(128, 172, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6745, 0.9176
RGB percentages50.2%, 67.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(215.1, 71.6%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 45.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK45.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,432,874
CSS custom property--colour: #80ACEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7F5315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95AFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#56BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.5Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5Sky blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EABE80
Analogous#80E1EA, #8980EA
Triadic#EA80AC, #ACEA80
Split complementary#EA8980, #E1EA80
Tetradic#EA80E1, #EABE80, #80EA89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E5F8
Lighter +10%#ACC9F1
Darker −10%#548FE3
Darker −20%#2873DC
Darker −30%#1E5CB3
Darker −40%#164588
More saturated +25%#6DA9FC
Less saturated −25%#93AFD7

Channel breakdown

R128
G172
B234
Red128 (50.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue215.09°
Saturation (HSL)71.62%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AC · B EA

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