Close to Medium Blue

#080FC9

#080FC9 is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Medium Blue. In RGB it’s made of 3.1% red, 5.9% green, and 78.8% blue. Its hue is 238°, with 92% saturation and 41% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #080FC9 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#080FC9
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #080FC9?

#080FC9 is a mid-tone, vivid blue, close to the color Medium Blue. In RGB it’s made of 3.1% red, 5.9% green, and 78.8% blue. Its hue is 238°, with 92% saturation and 41% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #080FC9 in RGB?

#080FC9 is rgb(8, 15, 201): 8 red, 15 green, and 201 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #080FC9 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(96, 93, 0, 21). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #080FC9?

PANTONE Violet C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #080FC9?

Its complement #413E00 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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