#80adc9

Color #80adc9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.62 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#80adc9

RGB

rgb(128, 173, 201)

HSL

hsl(203, 40.3%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203, 36.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(68.53, -8.07, -19.05)

LCH

lch(68.53, 20.69, 247.04)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0631, 236.11)

HWB

hwb(203, 50.2%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c99c80

Analogous

#80c9c0

#80adc9

#8089c9

Triadic

#80adc9

#c980ad

#adc980

Split-complementary

#80adc9

#c98089

#c9c080

Tetradic

#80adc9

#9c80c9

#c99c80

#adc980

Square

#80adc9

#c080c9

#c99c80

#89c980

Shades

Color #80adc9 mixed toward black.

#5a94b9

#41789a

#315a73

#213c4d

#101e26

Tints

Color #80adc9 mixed toward white.

#95bbd2

#aac8db

#bfd6e4

#d5e4ed

#eaf1f6

Tones

Color #80adc9 mixed toward gray.

#86acc3

#8caabd

#92a9b7

#98a7b1

#9ea6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696c3 · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#938fc1 · ΔE 17.5

Tritanopia

#83bebc · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #80adc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#80adc9]

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Frequently asked questions

#80adc9 (#80adc9) is rgb(128, 173, 201) in RGB.

No, #80adc9 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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