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Recognised as Colour

#80AEE2

  • #80AEE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#80AEE2 is a blue with RGB values 128, 174, 226 and HSL 212°, 63%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#80AEE2#80AEE2
HEX#80AEE2
RGBrgb(128, 174, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6824, 0.8863
RGB percentages50.2%, 68.2%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(211.8, 62.8%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.8, 43.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK43.4%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,433,378
CSS custom property--colour: #80AEE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40352WCAG 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 9.07:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7F511D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB0E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA6E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5ABAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 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 text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 18.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2B480
Analogous#80DFE2, #8380E2
Triadic#E280AE, #AEE280
Split complementary#E28380, #DFE280
Tetradic#E280DF, #E2B480, #80E283

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFDFE
Lighter +20%#D3E3F5
Lighter +10%#AAC8EB
Darker −10%#5694D9
Darker −20%#2F79CD
Darker −30%#2561A4
Darker −40%#1C487A
More saturated +25%#6CADF6
Less saturated −25%#93AFCE

Channel breakdown

R128
G174
B226
Red128 (50.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue211.84°
Saturation (HSL)62.82%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AE · B E2

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