#809ee5

Color #809ee5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#809ee5

RGB

rgb(128, 158, 229)

HSL

hsl(222.2, 66%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.2, 44.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(65.51, 7.94, -39.14)

LCH

lch(65.51, 39.94, 281.47)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1099, 266.14)

HWB

hwb(222.2, 50.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5c780

Analogous

#80d0e5

#809ee5

#9580e5

Triadic

#809ee5

#e5809e

#9ee580

Split-complementary

#809ee5

#e59580

#d0e580

Tetradic

#809ee5

#c780e5

#e5c780

#9ee580

Square

#809ee5

#e580d0

#e5c780

#80e595

Shades

Color #809ee5 mixed toward black.

#4f78db

#2857c6

#1e4194

#142c63

#0a1631

Tints

Color #809ee5 mixed toward white.

#95aee9

#aabeee

#c0cef2

#d5dff6

#eaeffb

Tones

Color #809ee5 mixed toward gray.

#88a1dd

#91a5d4

#99a8cc

#a2acc3

#aaafbb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ed7 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#8c8ad3 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#82cac7 · ΔE 26.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #809ee5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#809ee5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#809ee5 (#809ee5) is rgb(128, 158, 229) in RGB.

No, #809ee5 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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