#809BD2

sRGB · 128 / 155 / 210

#809BD2 belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 128 red, 155 green and 210 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 220.2° lands in the azure region. Its 47.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.3% 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 (7.54:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 128, 155, 210
HSL: 220.24°, 47.67%, 66.27%
HSV / HSB: 220.24°, 39.05%, 82.35%
CMYK (approx.): 39.05%, 26.19%, 0.00%, 17.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.254, 32.684, 65.584
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.905, 4.340, -31.127
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32685
24-bit decimal: 8428498

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 #809BD2 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 · 7.54:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.79:1

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. 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

#D2B780 sits half a turn (180°) from #809BD2 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.

#809BD2 #D2B780

Analogous

#80C4D2 and #8E80D2 sit 30° to either side of #809BD2. 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.

#80C4D2 #809BD2 #8E80D2

Triadic

#809BD2, #D2809B and #9BD280 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#809BD2 #D2809B #9BD280

Split complementary

Start at #809BD2 and look across the wheel. #D28E80 and #C4D280 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#809BD2 #D28E80 #C4D280

Square

Starting with #809BD2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D280C4, #D2B780, then #80D28E. Across the square, #809BD2 pairs with #D2B780, and #D280C4 with #80D28E.

#809BD2 #D280C4 #D2B780 #80D28E

Tetradic

#809BD2 and #D2B780 are opposites, as are #B780D2 and #9BD280. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#809BD2 #B780D2 #D2B780 #9BD280

Tints

Mixing #809BD2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99AFDB, keeps 80% of the original. By #E6EBF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#809BD2 #99AFDB #B3C3E4 #CCD7ED #E6EBF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #809BD2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #667CA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #1A1F2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#809BD2 #667CA8 #4D5D7E #333E54 #1A1F2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #809BD2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8096C2, keeps 80% of the original. By #808590, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#809BD2 #8096C2 #8090B1 #808BA1 #808590 #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

#809BD2

RGB

rgb(128 155 210)

HSL

hsl(220.244 47.674% 66.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #809BD2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#809BD2 uses 128 red, 155 green and 210 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 50.2%

Green 60.8%

Blue 82.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #809BD2 is 39.0% cyan, 26.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 17.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 39.0%

Magenta 26.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 17.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8899CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #89C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #809BD2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #8899CC Nearest web-safe · #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#809BD2 #8EA0C4 #9BA4B7 #A9A9A9 #B7AE9B #C4B28E #D2B780

Color vision previews

Compare how #809BD2 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.

#889FD4

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.

#8097D1

Tritanopia

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

#65A6AE

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.

#859DD3

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.

#8099D1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#7C9EC6

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.

#8E9BB9

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 0.32778 B 0.64448

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 0.52278 G 0.60470 B 0.80611

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.23573 G 0.32406 B 0.61423

CIE xyY

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

x 0.247 y 0.250 Y 32.684

CMY

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

C % 49.804 M % 39.216 Y % 17.647

Binary RGB

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

10000000 10011011 11010010