#809ADA

sRGB: 128 / 154 / 218

Golden embers linger without sound
Shimmering rivers awaken beneath celestial skies
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#809ADA belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 128 red, 154 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 222.7° lands in the azure region. Its 54.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 67.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.55:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 128, 154, 218
HSL: 222.67°, 54.88%, 67.84%
HSV / HSB: 222.67°, 41.28%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 41.28%, 29.36%, 0.00%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 33.111, 32.762, 70.911
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.967, 7.128, -35.473
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32762
24-bit decimal: 8428250

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 #809ADA 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: 7.55:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.78:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#DAC080 sits half a turn (180°) from #809ADA 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.

#809ADA #DAC080

Analogous

#80C7DA and #9380DA sit 30° to either side of #809ADA. 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.

#80C7DA #809ADA #9380DA

Triadic

#809ADA, #DA809A and #9ADA80 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#809ADA #DA809A #9ADA80

Split complementary

Start at #809ADA and look across the wheel. #DA9380 and #C7DA80 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#809ADA #DA9380 #C7DA80

Square

Starting with #809ADA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DA80C7, #DAC080, then #80DA93. Across the square, #809ADA pairs with #DAC080, and #DA80C7 with #80DA93.

#809ADA #DA80C7 #DAC080 #80DA93

Tetradic

#809ADA and #DAC080 are opposites, as are #C080DA and #9ADA80. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#809ADA #C080DA #DAC080 #9ADA80

Tints

Mixing #809ADA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99AEE1, keeps 80% of the original. By #E6EBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#809ADA #99AEE1 #B3C2E9 #CCD7F0 #E6EBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #809ADA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #667BAE, keeps 80% of the original. By #1A1F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#809ADA #667BAE #4D5C83 #333E57 #1A1F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #809ADA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8095C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #808592, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#809ADA #8095C8 #8090B6 #808AA4 #808592 #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

#809ADA

RGB

rgb(128 154 218)

HSL

hsl(222.667 54.878% 67.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #809ADA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#809ADA uses 128 red, 154 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 50.2%

Green 60.4%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #809ADA is 41.3% cyan, 29.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 41.3%

Magenta 29.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8899DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #89D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #809ADA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #8899DD Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#809ADA #8FA0CB #9EA7BC #ADADAD #BCB39E #CBBA8F #DAC080

Color vision previews

Compare how #809ADA 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.

#849FDD

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.

#7B97D9

Tritanopia

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

#62A7B1

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.

#829DDB

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.

#7D99D9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#7B9ECC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9B9B9B

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.

#8E9ABE

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 0.21586 G 0.32314 B 0.70110

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 0.52193 G 0.60089 B 0.83533

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.23491 G 0.31958 B 0.66545

CIE xyY

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

x 0.242 y 0.240 Y 32.762

CMY

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

C % 49.804 M % 39.608 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

10000000 10011010 11011010