#80a5e1

Color #80a5e1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#80a5e1

RGB

rgb(128, 165, 225)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 61.8%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 43.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(67.23, 2.84, -34.27)

LCH

lch(67.23, 34.39, 274.74)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0971, 259.86)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 50.2%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1bc80

Analogous

#80d6e1

#80a5e1

#8b80e1

Triadic

#80a5e1

#e180a5

#a5e180

Split-complementary

#80a5e1

#e18b80

#d6e180

Tetradic

#80a5e1

#bc80e1

#e1bc80

#a5e180

Square

#80a5e1

#e180d6

#e1bc80

#80e18b

Shades

Color #80a5e1 mixed toward black.

#5083d6

#2d64be

#224b8f

#16325f

#0b1930

Tints

Color #80a5e1 mixed toward white.

#95b4e6

#aac3eb

#bfd2f0

#d5e1f5

#eaf0fa

Tones

Color #80a5e1 mixed toward gray.

#88a7d9

#90a9d1

#98abc9

#a0adc1

#a8afb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d4 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#8f8cd1 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#82cac7 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 19.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #80a5e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#80a5e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#80a5e1 (#80a5e1) is rgb(128, 165, 225) in RGB.

No, #80a5e1 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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