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#809cfc

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: Cornflower Blue

Token name suggestion: Morning Harbour

RGB
128, 156, 252
HSL
227°, 95%, 75%
CMYK
49, 38, 0, 1
Luminance
0.3539

#809cfc is a light electric blue, 227° on the wheel and 91/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.08:1). As text it scores 2.60:1 on white — use #3F69FA instead. Nearest name is Cornflower Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(227 95% 75%)rgb(128 156 252)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #809cfc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#809cfc
Hue
227°
blue
Saturation
95%
electric
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3539
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
91/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.08:1
Closest name
Cornflower Blue
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
53.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.713
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 10.3
Web-safe
#9999FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue227° of 360°
Saturation95%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #809cfc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool91% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red13%
Green67%
Blue20%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#809cfc
HEX (8-digit)#809cfcff
RGBrgb(128, 156, 252)
RGBArgba(128, 156, 252, 1)
HSLhsl(227, 95%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 49%, 99%)
HWBhwb(227 50% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(49%, 38%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(66.0 15.8 -50.9)
LCHlch(66.0 53.3 287.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.713 0.144 270.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.36, 35.39, 96.89)
Decimal8428796
Display P3color(display-p3 0.502 0.612 0.988)
Web-safe#9999FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #809cfc;
background-color: #809cfc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #809cfc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#809cfc] bg-[#809cfc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #809cfc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.502, green: 0.612, blue: 0.988)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.502, green: 0.612, blue: 0.988, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#809CFC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF809CFC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF809CFC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(252, 156, 128)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(128, 156, 252)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(128, 156, 252)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 156, 252)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5020f, 0.6118f, 0.9882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{128,156,252}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #809cfc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #809cfc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#031E7D, #D3D9EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #809cfc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F4FD;
  --brand-100: #E4E9FC;
  --brand-200: #C2CEFA;
  --brand-300: #809cfc;
  --brand-400: #5B7FFB;
  --brand-500: #2454FA;
  --brand-600: #063AEF;
  --brand-700: #0530C7;
  --brand-800: #04279F;
  --brand-900: #072073;
  --brand-950: #051448;
  --brand: #809cfc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CAED;
  --brand-hover: #5D81FB;
  --brand-pressed: #3A65FA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141724;
    --brand-ink: #D3D9EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F4FD',
        100: '#E4E9FC',
        200: '#C2CEFA',
        300: '#809cfc',
        400: '#5B7FFB',
        500: '#2454FA',
        600: '#063AEF',
        700: '#0530C7',
        800: '#04279F',
        900: '#072073',
        950: '#051448',
        DEFAULT: '#809cfc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F4FD,
  '100': #E4E9FC,
  '200': #C2CEFA,
  '300': #809cfc,
  '400': #5B7FFB,
  '500': #2454FA,
  '600': #063AEF,
  '700': #0530C7,
  '800': #04279F,
  '900': #072073,
  '950': #051448,
);
$brand-base: #809cfc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F4FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4E9FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C2CEFA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#809cfc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5B7FFB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2454FA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#063AEF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0530C7", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#04279F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#072073", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#051448", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #809cfc · 8.08:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.08:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #809cfc as text scores 2.60:1 on white and 8.08:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #031E7D at 5.44:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3F69FA · 4.55:1
AA on white−13% L
#3F69FA
The quick fox
#063CF7 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−25% L
#063CF7
The quick fox
#809cfc · 8.08:1
AA on blackalready passes
#809cfc
The quick fox
#809cfc · 8.08:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#809cfc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6C8CFC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#809cfc on white: 2.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#809cfc on black: 8.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #809cfc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #809cfc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.60:1AaAa
Slate 502.48:1AaAa
Slate 1002.37:1AaAa
Slate 2002.11:1AaAa
Slate 3001.75:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.83:1AaAa
Slate 6002.92:1AaAa
Slate 7003.98:1AaAa
Slate 8005.63:1AaAa
Slate 9006.87:1AaAa
Black8.08:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #77A6FF
deuteranopia · #6A9CFA
tritanopia · #4CB0C0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #809cfc is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F4FD
#E4E9FC
#C2CEFA
#809cfc
#5B7FFB
#2454FA
#063AEF
#0530C7
#04279F
#072073
#051448
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F1F4FDDarkest = 950 · #051448Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 270.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 270.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.086 270.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.112 270.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.132 270.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.144 270.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.144 270.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.135 270.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.121 270.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.101 270.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.079 270.2);
}

Colors that work with #809cfc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CAED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B5D9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC6B00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#031E7D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6ECFE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141724
Dark-mode background
Hover#5D81FB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3A65FA
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#91AAFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #809cfc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #031E7D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6C8CFC

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight26/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FCE080
Analogous left#80DAFC
Analogous right#A280FC
Split-complement 1#FCA280
Split-complement 2#DAFC80
Triadic 1#FC809C
Triadic 2#9CFC80
Tetradic#FC80DA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°227°

#809cfc sits at 227°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red50.2%
Green61.2%
Blue98.8%
R · 0–255
128
0x80
G · 0–255
156
0x9c
B · 0–255
252
0xfc

CMYK percentages

Cyan49.2%
Magenta38.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 89%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#809cfc text on a black background

contrast 8.08:1

Card sample

#809cfc text on a white background

contrast 2.60:1

Card sample

#809cfc on grey

2.37:1

#809cfc on its own surface

2.40:1

#809cfc on its dark surface

6.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #809cfc;
Background color
Panel with #809cfc background
background-color: #809cfc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #809cfc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(128, 156, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(128, 156, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #809cfc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809cfc, #B780FC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #809cfc, #D680FC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #809cfc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #809cfc;
caret-color: #809cfc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #809cfc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6ECFE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #809cfc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#809cfc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #809cfc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(128, 156, 252, 0.5)
rgb(128 156 252 / 50%)
#809cfc80
hsl(227 95% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #809cfc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#809cfc1a#F2F5FF
20%#809cfc33#E6EBFE
40%#809cfc66#CCD7FE
60%#809cfc99#B3C4FD
80%#809cfccc#99B0FD

Gradients from #809cfc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BCCBFD, #809cfc 45%, #031E7D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #809cfc, #B362FB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #809cfc, #FCE080);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DAE2FE 0%, #809cfc 45%, #031E7D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B2EFFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C09EFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #031E7D 0%, transparent 65%), #809cfc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #809cfc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#809cfc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.08:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#809cfc, answered

What color is #809cfc?

#809cfc is a light electric blue, closest to Cornflower Blue (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 227° on the hue wheel with 95% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #809cfc?

rgb(128, 156, 252) — 128 red, 156 green and 252 blue out of 255, or 50.2% / 61.2% / 98.8% by channel.

What is #809cfc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(227, 95%, 75%) and hsv(226, 49%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #809cfc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3539 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 8.08:1.

Should I use black or white text on #809cfc?

Black. It scores 8.08:1 against #809cfc, versus 2.60:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #809cfc accessible on a white background?

#809cfc on white scores 2.60:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3F69FA to reach 4.5:1, or #063CF7 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #809cfc?

#FCE080 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FCA280 and #DAFC80, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #809cfc?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CAED for borders, #4B5D9B for secondary text, #CC6B00 as an accent and #031E7D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #80DAFC and #A280FC stays calm, while #FCE080 is the loudest partner.

What is #809cfc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(49%, 38%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #809cfc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 91 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #9280FC; nudged cooler, #7FAEFD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #809cfc?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 10.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #809cfc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #809cfc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#809cfc] or text-[#809cfc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #809cfc with 50% opacity?

rgba(128, 156, 252, 0.5), or #809cfc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C0CEFE; over black, #404E7E.

Is #809cfc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999FF, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #809cfc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #809cfc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BCCBFD, #809cfc 45%, #031E7D). For more colour, a short hue run to #B362FB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #809cfc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #809cfc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.