#080D4E

sRGB: 8 / 13 / 78

Hollow echoes illuminate hidden paths
Silent memories illuminate forgotten empires
Quiet wishes transcend the limits of dreams

#080D4E belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 13 green and 78 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 235.7° lands in the blue region. Its 81.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 16.9% 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 (17.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 13, 78
HSL: 235.71°, 81.40%, 16.86%
HSV / HSB: 235.71°, 89.74%, 30.59%
CMYK (approx.): 89.74%, 83.33%, 0.00%, 69.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 1.619, 0.889, 7.294
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 8.034, 25.054, -39.783
WCAG relative luminance: 0.00890
24-bit decimal: 527694

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 #080D4E 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: 1.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 17.83:1

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

#4E4908 sits half a turn (180°) from #080D4E 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.

#080D4E #4E4908

Analogous

#08304E and #26084E sit 30° to either side of #080D4E. 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.

#08304E #080D4E #26084E

Triadic

#080D4E, #4E080D and #0D4E08 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#080D4E #4E080D #0D4E08

Split complementary

Start at #080D4E and look across the wheel. #4E2608 and #304E08 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#080D4E #4E2608 #304E08

Square

Starting with #080D4E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4E0830, #4E4908, then #084E26. Across the square, #080D4E pairs with #4E4908, and #4E0830 with #084E26.

#080D4E #4E0830 #4E4908 #084E26

Tetradic

#080D4E and #4E4908 are opposites, as are #49084E and #0D4E08. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#080D4E #49084E #4E4908 #0D4E08

Tints

Mixing #080D4E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #393D71, keeps 80% of the original. By #CECFDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#080D4E #393D71 #6B6E95 #9C9EB8 #CECFDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #080D4E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #060A3E, keeps 80% of the original. By #020310, the mixture is 80% black.

#080D4E #060A3E #05082F #03051F #020310 #000000

Tones

Mixing #080D4E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #202458, keeps 80% of the original. By #686976, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#080D4E #202458 #383B62 #50526C #686976 #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

#080D4E

RGB

rgb(8 13 78)

HSL

hsl(235.714 81.395% 16.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #080D4E;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#080D4E uses 8 red, 13 green and 78 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 5.1%

Blue 30.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #080D4E is 89.7% cyan, 83.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 69.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 89.7%

Magenta 83.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 69.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #001155. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #015 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #080D4E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #000066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #001155 Nearest web-safe: #000066

Gradient to complement

#080D4E #141742 #1F2137 #2B2B2B #37351F #423F14 #4E4908

Color vision previews

Compare how #080D4E 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.

#001B50

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.

#00144D

Tritanopia

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

#00202D

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.

#00164F

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.

#00134D

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#001544

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#181818

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.

#11133A

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 0.00402 B 0.07619

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 0.03503 G 0.05040 B 0.29275

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.00271 G 0.00397 B 0.06970

CIE xyY

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

x 0.165 y 0.091 Y 0.889

CMY

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

C % 96.863 M % 94.902 Y % 69.412

Binary RGB

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

00001000 00001101 01001110