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#3215EA

#3215ea ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3215ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 8.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.63% cyan, 91.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.17°, with 83.53% saturation and 50% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0715

Complementary

  1. #3215ea
  2. #cdea15

Split complementary

  1. #3215ea
  2. #ea9d15
  3. #62ea15

Analogous

  1. #1562ea
  2. #3215ea
  3. #9d15ea

Triadic

  1. #3215ea
  2. #ea3215
  3. #15ea32

Tetradic

  1. #3215ea
  2. #ea15cd
  3. #cdea15
  4. #15ea32

Square

  1. #3215ea
  2. #ea1562
  3. #cdea15
  4. #15ea9d

Monochromatic

  1. #14085e
  2. #230fa4
  3. #3215ea
  4. #705bf0
  5. #ada1f7

Shades

#3215ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3215ea
  2. #2d13d3
  3. #2811bb
  4. #230fa4
  5. #1e0d8c
  6. #190b75
  7. #14085e
  8. #0f0646
  9. #0a042f
  10. #050217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3215ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3215ea
  2. #472cec
  3. #5b44ee
  4. #705bf0
  5. #8473f2
  6. #998af5
  7. #ada1f7
  8. #c2b9f9
  9. #d6d0fb
  10. #ebe8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3215ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3215ea
  2. #3a20df
  3. #422ad5
  4. #4935ca
  5. #5140c0
  6. #594bb5
  7. #6155aa
  8. #6960a0
  9. #706b95
  10. #78758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4c4c4c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #433da4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0055ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0041e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00638a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0044ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0034e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3215ea {
  color: #3215ea;
}
Background
.bg-3215ea {
  background-color: #3215ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3215ea {
  border: 2px solid #3215ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3215ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 21 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3215ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3215ea, #9d15ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3215ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 21 234 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.17 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.71 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.91 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.54 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.74 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.38 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 9.38 #cdea15 Inverted #4c4c4c Grayscale 

Blue
#3215ea  rgb(50, 21, 234)  hsl(248, 84%, 50%)  Blue
#cdea15  rgb(205, 234, 21)  hsl(68, 84%, 50%)  Pear
#ea3215  rgb(234, 50, 21)  hsl(8, 84%, 50%)  Red
#15ea32  rgb(21, 234, 50)  hsl(128, 84%, 50%)  Lime