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Recognised as Colour

#80C8D9

  • #80C8D9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#80C8D9 is a cyan with RGB values 128, 200, 217 and HSL 191°, 54%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#80C8D9#80C8D9
HEX#80C8D9
RGBrgb(128, 200, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.7843, 0.851
RGB percentages50.2%, 78.4%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(191.5, 53.9%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.5, 41%, 85.1%)
CMYK41%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,440,025
CSS custom property--colour: #80C8D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#7F3726

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC3DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB8D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5ACFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99180
Analogous#80D9BE, #809BD9
Triadic#D980C8, #C8D980
Split complementary#D9809B, #D9BD80
Tetradic#BE80D9, #D99180, #9CD980

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6FBFC
Lighter +20%#CFEAF0
Lighter +10%#A7D9E5
Darker −10%#59B7CD
Darker −20%#38A2BB
Darker −30%#2C8094
Darker −40%#205E6D
More saturated +25%#6BD5EE
Less saturated −25%#95BBC4

Channel breakdown

R128
G200
B217
Red128 (50.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue191.46°
Saturation (HSL)53.94%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G C8 · B D9

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