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#3318CA

#3318ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3318ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 9.41% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.75% cyan, 88.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 249.1°, with 78.76% saturation and 44.31% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#3300cc
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Relative luminance0.0562

Complementary

  1. #3318ca
  2. #afca18

Split complementary

  1. #3318ca
  2. #ca8c18
  3. #56ca18

Analogous

  1. #1856ca
  2. #3318ca
  3. #8c18ca

Triadic

  1. #3318ca
  2. #ca3318
  3. #18ca33

Tetradic

  1. #3318ca
  2. #ca18af
  3. #afca18
  4. #18ca33

Square

  1. #3318ca
  2. #ca1856
  3. #afca18
  4. #18ca8c

Monochromatic

  1. #100841
  2. #221086
  3. #3318ca
  4. #5e46e9
  5. #9a8af1

Shades

#3318ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3318ca
  2. #2e16b6
  3. #2913a2
  4. #24118d
  5. #1f0e79
  6. #1a0c65
  7. #140a51
  8. #0f073d
  9. #0a0528
  10. #050214
  11. #000000

Tints

#3318ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3318ca
  2. #472fcf
  3. #5c46d5
  4. #705dda
  5. #8574df
  6. #998ce5
  7. #ada3ea
  8. #c2baef
  9. #d6d1f4
  10. #ebe8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3318ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3318ca
  2. #3b22c3
  3. #422dbb
  4. #4a37b4
  5. #5242ac
  6. #5a4ca5
  7. #61569e
  8. #696196
  9. #716b8f
  10. #787687
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #434343 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3d368e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003bc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005677 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003ccd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0030c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00459f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3318ca {
  color: #3318ca;
}
Background
.bg-3318ca {
  background-color: #3318ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3318ca {
  border: 2px solid #3318ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3318ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 24 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3318ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3318ca, #8c18ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3318ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 24 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.03 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.56 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.79 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.40 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.24 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.28 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 8.28 #cce735 Inverted #434343 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#3318ca  rgb(51, 24, 202)  hsl(249, 79%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#afca18  rgb(175, 202, 24)  hsl(69, 79%, 44%)  Yellow Green
#ca3318  rgb(202, 51, 24)  hsl(9, 79%, 44%)  Rosso Corsa
#18ca33  rgb(24, 202, 51)  hsl(129, 79%, 44%)  Lime Green