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Recognised as Colour

#80B0E8

  • #80B0E8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#80B0E8 is a blue with RGB values 128, 176, 232 and HSL 212°, 69%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#80B0E8#80B0E8
HEX#80B0E8
RGBrgb(128, 176, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.6902, 0.9098
RGB percentages50.2%, 69%, 91%
HSLhsl(212.3, 69.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 44.8%, 91%)
CMYK44.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,433,896
CSS custom property--colour: #80B0E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.29:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#7F4F17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB2EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA8E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#56BDC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8B880
Analogous#80E4E8, #8480E8
Triadic#E880B0, #B0E880
Split complementary#E88480, #E4E880
Tetradic#E880E4, #E8B880, #80E884

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6E6F8
Lighter +10%#ABCBF0
Darker −10%#5595E0
Darker −20%#2A7AD8
Darker −30%#2062AF
Darker −40%#184A84
More saturated +25%#6DAFFB
Less saturated −25%#93B1D5

Channel breakdown

R128
G176
B232
Red128 (50.2%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)69.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G B0 · B E8

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