Information about #80AFDC color

#80AFDC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#80AFDC falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(128, 175, 220) — 50.2% red, 68.6% green, 86.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 36 / 18 / 0 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #80AFDC reads as a pleasantly vivid azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Cobalt Blue (#88ACE0). Slightly further away sit Ruddy Blue (#76ABDF) and Resolutiion Blue (#7FA3E6).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(128, 175, 220)), which gives #80AFDC its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #80AFDC: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. No one has named #80AFDC so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#80AFDC color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#80AFDC color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #80AFDC

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Ruddy Blue color link
Ruddy Blue

#76ABDF

Aero color link
Aero

#7CB9E8

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

Light Azure color link
Light Azure

#8BB9E7

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

#80AFDC color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#80AFDC
  • RGB128, 175, 220
  • CMYK36, 18, 0, 14
  • CSSrgb(128, 175, 220)
  • HSL209°, 57%, 68%
  • HSL Precise209.348°, 56.79%, 68.235%
  • HSV209°, 42%, 86%
  • HSB209°, 42%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • GLSLvec3(0.502, 0.686, 0.863)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.502, 0.686, 0.863, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.502, 0.686, 0.863)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB50.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB86.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID80AFDC
  • DECIMAL ID8433628
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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