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Recognised as Colour

#80ACEE

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

#80ACEE is a blue with RGB values 128, 172, 238 and HSL 216°, 76%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#80ACEE#80ACEE
HEX#80ACEE
RGBrgb(128, 172, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6745, 0.9333
RGB percentages50.2%, 67.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(216, 76.4%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 46.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK46.2%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,432,878
CSS custom property--colour: #80ACEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7F5311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#53BAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 24.4Sky blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC280
Analogous#80E3EE, #8B80EE
Triadic#EE80AC, #ACEE80
Split complementary#EE8B80, #E3EE80
Tetradic#EE80E3, #EEC280, #80EE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DAE7FA
Lighter +10%#ADC9F4
Darker −10%#538FE8
Darker −20%#2671E2
Darker −30%#195ABC
Darker −40%#13458F
More saturated +25%#6FA9FF
Less saturated −25%#92B0DC

Channel breakdown

R128
G172
B238
Red128 (50.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)76.39%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AC · B EE

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