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#3316EA

#3316ea ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3316ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 8.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 90.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.21°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.21.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0722

Complementary

  1. #3316ea
  2. #cdea16

Split complementary

  1. #3316ea
  2. #ea9d16
  3. #63ea16

Analogous

  1. #1663ea
  2. #3316ea
  3. #9d16ea

Triadic

  1. #3316ea
  2. #ea3316
  3. #16ea33

Tetradic

  1. #3316ea
  2. #ea16cd
  3. #cdea16
  4. #16ea33

Square

  1. #3316ea
  2. #ea1663
  3. #cdea16
  4. #16ea9d

Monochromatic

  1. #14095f
  2. #230fa5
  3. #3316ea
  4. #705cf0
  5. #aea2f7

Shades

#3316ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3316ea
  2. #2e14d3
  3. #2912bb
  4. #240fa4
  5. #1f0d8c
  6. #1a0b75
  7. #14095e
  8. #0f0746
  9. #0a042f
  10. #050217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3316ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3316ea
  2. #472dec
  3. #5c45ee
  4. #705cf0
  5. #8573f2
  6. #998bf5
  7. #ada2f7
  8. #c2b9f9
  9. #d6d0fb
  10. #ebe8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3316ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3316ea
  2. #3b21df
  3. #422bd5
  4. #4a36ca
  5. #5240c0
  6. #5a4bb5
  7. #6156aa
  8. #6960a0
  9. #716b95
  10. #78758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.44:1 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 #0042e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00648a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0044ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0035e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3316ea {
  color: #3316ea;
}
Background
.bg-3316ea {
  background-color: #3316ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3316ea {
  border: 2px solid #3316ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3316ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 22 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3316ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3316ea, #9d16ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3316ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 22 234 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.21 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.66 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.81 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.65 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.66 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.35 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 9.45 #cce915 Inverted #4c4c4c Grayscale 

Blue
#3316ea  rgb(51, 22, 234)  hsl(248, 83%, 50%)  Blue
#cdea16  rgb(205, 234, 22)  hsl(68, 83%, 50%)  Pear
#ea3316  rgb(234, 51, 22)  hsl(8, 83%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#16ea33  rgb(22, 234, 51)  hsl(128, 83%, 50%)  Lime