#809beb

Color #809beb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#809beb

RGB

rgb(128, 155, 235)

HSL

hsl(224.9, 72.8%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.9, 45.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(64.98, 11.39, -43.27)

LCH

lch(64.98, 44.74, 284.75)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1217, 268.96)

HWB

hwb(224.9, 50.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebd080

Analogous

#80d0eb

#809beb

#9b80eb

Triadic

#809beb

#eb809b

#9beb80

Split-complementary

#809beb

#eb9b80

#d0eb80

Tetradic

#809beb

#d080eb

#ebd080

#9beb80

Square

#809beb

#eb80d0

#ebd080

#80eb9b

Shades

Color #809beb mixed toward black.

#4c72e3

#214dd1

#193a9d

#102769

#081334

Tints

Color #809beb mixed toward white.

#95acee

#aabcf2

#c0cdf5

#d5def8

#eaeefc

Tones

Color #809beb mixed toward gray.

#899fe2

#92a4d9

#9ba8d0

#a4adc7

#adb1be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ddb · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#8b89d7 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#82cdca · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #809beb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#809beb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#809beb (#809beb) is rgb(128, 155, 235) in RGB.

No, #809beb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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