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Recognised as Colour

#80ADD6

  • #80ADD6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#80ADD6 is a blue with RGB values 128, 173, 214 and HSL 209°, 51%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#80ADD6#80ADD6
HEX#80ADD6
RGBrgb(128, 173, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6784, 0.8392
RGB percentages50.2%, 67.8%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(208.6, 51.2%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 40.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK40.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,433,110
CSS custom property--colour: #80ADD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#7F5229

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DADD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#92A4D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#61B7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6A980
Analogous#80D6D4, #8082D6
Triadic#D680AD, #ADD680
Split complementary#D68082, #D6D480
Tetradic#D480D6, #D6A980, #82D680

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F8FB
Lighter +20%#CDDFEF
Lighter +10%#A7C6E2
Darker −10%#5994CA
Darker −20%#3B7BB5
Darker −30%#2E618F
Darker −40%#224768
More saturated +25%#6BAEEB
Less saturated −25%#95ACC1

Channel breakdown

R128
G173
B214
Red128 (50.2%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue208.6°
Saturation (HSL)51.19%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AD · B D6

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