#080CFD

sRGB: 8 / 12 / 253

#080CFD belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 12 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 239.0° lands in the blue region. Its 98.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.2% 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 (8.46:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 12, 253
HSL: 239.02°, 98.39%, 51.18%
HSV / HSB: 239.02°, 96.84%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 96.84%, 95.26%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 17.959, 7.406, 93.415
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 32.713, 76.947, -106.040
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07406
24-bit decimal: 527613

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 #080CFD 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: 2.48:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 8.46:1

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

#FDF908 sits half a turn (180°) from #080CFD 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.

#080CFD #FDF908

Analogous

#0887FD and #7E08FD sit 30° to either side of #080CFD. 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.

#0887FD #080CFD #7E08FD

Triadic

#080CFD, #FD080C and #0CFD08 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#080CFD #FD080C #0CFD08

Split complementary

Start at #080CFD and look across the wheel. #FD7E08 and #87FD08 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#080CFD #FD7E08 #87FD08

Square

Starting with #080CFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FD0887, #FDF908, then #08FD7E. Across the square, #080CFD pairs with #FDF908, and #FD0887 with #08FD7E.

#080CFD #FD0887 #FDF908 #08FD7E

Tetradic

#080CFD and #FDF908 are opposites, as are #F908FD and #0CFD08. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#080CFD #F908FD #FDF908 #0CFD08

Tints

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

#080CFD #393DFD #6B6DFE #9C9EFE #CECEFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #080CFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #060ACA, keeps 80% of the original. By #020233, the mixture is 80% black.

#080CFD #060ACA #050798 #030565 #020233 #000000

Tones

Mixing #080CFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2023E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #686999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#080CFD #2023E4 #383ACB #5052B2 #686999 #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

#080CFD

RGB

rgb(8 12 253)

HSL

hsl(239.020 98.394% 51.176%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#080CFD uses 8 red, 12 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 4.7%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #080CFD is 96.8% cyan, 95.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 96.8%

Magenta 95.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #0011FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #01F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #080CFD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #0000FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #0011FF Nearest web-safe: #0000FF

Gradient to complement

#080CFD #3134D4 #5A5BAB #838383 #ABAA5A #D4D231 #FDF908

Color vision previews

Compare how #080CFD 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.

#0059FF

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.

#003FFA

Tritanopia

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

#006B95

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.

#0047FF

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.

#0038FB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#003FDE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#4D4D4D

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.

#3737C0

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 0.00368 B 0.98225

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 0.03424 G 0.04658 B 0.95219

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.00265 G 0.00364 B 0.89467

CIE xyY

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

x 0.151 y 0.062 Y 7.406

CMY

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

C % 96.863 M % 95.294 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

00001000 00001100 11111101