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Recognised as Colour

#80AFE6

  • #80AFE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#80AFE6 is a blue with RGB values 128, 175, 230 and HSL 212°, 67%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#80AFE6#80AFE6
HEX#80AFE6
RGBrgb(128, 175, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6863, 0.902
RGB percentages50.2%, 68.6%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(212.4, 67.1%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.4, 44.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK44.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,433,638
CSS custom property--colour: #80AFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#7F5019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA7E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#58BBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B780
Analogous#80E2E6, #8480E6
Triadic#E680AF, #AFE680
Split complementary#E68480, #E2E680
Tetradic#E680E2, #E6B780, #80E684

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D5E5F7
Lighter +10%#ABCAEE
Darker −10%#5594DE
Darker −20%#2B79D5
Darker −30%#2261AB
Darker −40%#194981
More saturated +25%#6DAEF9
Less saturated −25%#93B0D3

Channel breakdown

R128
G175
B230
Red128 (50.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue212.35°
Saturation (HSL)67.11%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G AF · B E6

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