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#809EA2

#809ea2 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#809ea2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 61.96% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.99% cyan, 2.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 187.06°, with 15.45% saturation and 56.86% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 7.67.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3165

Complementary

  1. #809ea2
  2. #a28480

Split complementary

  1. #809ea2
  2. #a2808d
  3. #a29580

Analogous

  1. #80a295
  2. #809ea2
  3. #808da2

Triadic

  1. #809ea2
  2. #a2809e
  3. #9ea280

Tetradic

  1. #809ea2
  2. #8480a2
  3. #a28480
  4. #9ea280

Square

  1. #809ea2
  2. #9580a2
  3. #a28480
  4. #8da280

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4d4f
  2. #5a777b
  3. #809ea2
  4. #acc0c2
  5. #d8e1e3

Shades

#809ea2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809ea2
  2. #738e92
  3. #667e82
  4. #5a6f71
  5. #4d5f61
  6. #404f51
  7. #333f41
  8. #262f31
  9. #1a2020
  10. #0d1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#809ea2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809ea2
  2. #8da8ab
  3. #99b1b5
  4. #a6bbbe
  5. #b3c5c7
  6. #c0cfd1
  7. #ccd8da
  8. #d9e2e3
  9. #e6ecec
  10. #f2f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809ea2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809ea2
  2. #809b9f
  3. #80989b
  4. #809598
  5. #809294
  6. #808f91
  7. #808c8e
  8. #80898a
  9. #808687
  10. #808383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f9b9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999ba2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9397a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76a19f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #909ca2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c9aa2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aa0a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809ea2 {
  color: #809ea2;
}
Background
.bg-809ea2 {
  background-color: #809ea2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809ea2 {
  border: 2px solid #809ea2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809ea2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 158 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 15% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809ea2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809ea2, #808da2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809ea2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 158 162 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.62 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.04 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.04 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.70 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.25 #7f615d Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#809ea2  rgb(128, 158, 162)  hsl(187, 15%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#a28480  rgb(162, 132, 128)  hsl(7, 15%, 57%)  Beaver
#a2809e  rgb(162, 128, 158)  hsl(307, 15%, 57%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9ea280  rgb(158, 162, 128)  hsl(67, 15%, 57%)  Sage