#080AAA

sRGB: 8 / 10 / 170

#080AAA belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 10 green and 170 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 239.3° lands in the blue region. Its 91.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 34.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 10, 170
HSL: 239.26°, 91.01%, 34.90%
HSV / HSB: 239.26°, 95.29%, 66.67%
CMYK (approx.): 95.29%, 94.12%, 0.00%, 33.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.464, 3.171, 38.250
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 20.715, 55.859, -77.808
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03171
24-bit decimal: 527018

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #080AAA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.63:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 12.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#AAA808 sits half a turn (180°) from #080AAA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#080AAA #AAA808

Analogous

#085BAA and #5708AA sit 30° to either side of #080AAA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#085BAA #080AAA #5708AA

Triadic

#080AAA, #AA080A and #0AAA08 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#080AAA #AA080A #0AAA08

Split complementary

Start at #080AAA and look across the wheel. #AA5708 and #5BAA08 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#080AAA #AA5708 #5BAA08

Square

Starting with #080AAA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AA085B, #AAA808, then #08AA57. Across the square, #080AAA pairs with #AAA808, and #AA085B with #08AA57.

#080AAA #AA085B #AAA808 #08AA57

Tetradic

#080AAA and #AAA808 are opposites, as are #A808AA and #0AAA08. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#080AAA #A808AA #AAA808 #0AAA08

Tints

Mixing #080AAA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #393BBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #CECEEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#080AAA #393BBB #6B6CCC #9C9DDD #CECEEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #080AAA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #060888, keeps 80% of the original. By #020222, the mixture is 80% black.

#080AAA #060888 #050666 #030444 #020222 #000000

Tones

Mixing #080AAA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2022A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #686888, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#080AAA #2022A2 #383999 #505191 #686888 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#080AAA

RGB

rgb(8 10 170)

HSL

hsl(239.259 91.011% 34.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #080AAA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#080AAA uses 8 red, 10 green and 170 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 3.9%

Blue 66.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #080AAA is 95.3% cyan, 94.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 33.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 95.3%

Magenta 94.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 33.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #0011AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #01A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #080AAA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #000099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #0011AA Nearest web-safe: #000099

Gradient to complement

#080AAA #23248F #3E3F74 #595959 #74733E #8F8E23 #AAA808

Color vision previews

Compare how #080AAA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#003AAE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0029A8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#004663

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#002EAC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0024A9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#002995

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#323232

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#232480

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00243 G 0.00304 B 0.40198

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.03277 G 0.03896 B 0.63923

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.00254 G 0.00302 B 0.36627

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.153 y 0.065 Y 3.171

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 96.863 M % 96.078 Y % 33.333

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00001000 00001010 10101010