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#331ABA

#331aba ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#331aba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 10.2% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.58% cyan, 86.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 249.38°, with 75.47% saturation and 41.57% 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 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0499

Complementary

  1. #331aba
  2. #a1ba1a

Split complementary

  1. #331aba
  2. #ba831a
  3. #51ba1a

Analogous

  1. #1a51ba
  2. #331aba
  3. #831aba

Triadic

  1. #331aba
  2. #ba331a
  3. #1aba33

Tetradic

  1. #331aba
  2. #ba1aa1
  3. #a1ba1a
  4. #1aba33

Square

  1. #331aba
  2. #ba1a51
  3. #a1ba1a
  4. #1aba83

Monochromatic

  1. #0e0734
  2. #211177
  3. #331aba
  4. #573de4
  5. #9180ed

Shades

#331aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331aba
  2. #2e17a7
  3. #291595
  4. #241282
  5. #1f1070
  6. #1a0d5d
  7. #140a4a
  8. #0f0838
  9. #0a0525
  10. #050313
  11. #000000

Tints

#331aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331aba
  2. #4731c1
  3. #5c48c8
  4. #705fcf
  5. #8576d6
  6. #998ddd
  7. #ada3e3
  8. #c2baea
  9. #d6d1f1
  10. #ebe8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331aba
  2. #3b24b4
  3. #422eae
  4. #4a39a9
  5. #5243a3
  6. #5a4d9d
  7. #615797
  8. #696191
  9. #716c8c
  10. #787686
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #3f3f3f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3b3483 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0046be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0038b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00506e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0039bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002eb8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004093 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331aba {
  color: #331aba;
}
Background
.bg-331aba {
  background-color: #331aba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331aba {
  border: 2px solid #331aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 26 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 75% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331aba, #831aba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 26 186 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.32 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 4.20 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 6.76 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.16 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 7.44 #0000ff Blue ΔE 7.49 #000f89 Phthalo Blue ΔE 8.13 #cce545 Inverted #3f3f3f Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#331aba  rgb(51, 26, 186)  hsl(249, 75%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#a1ba1a  rgb(161, 186, 26)  hsl(69, 75%, 42%)  Apple Green
#ba331a  rgb(186, 51, 26)  hsl(9, 75%, 42%)  Venetian Red
#1aba33  rgb(26, 186, 51)  hsl(129, 75%, 42%)  Kelly Green