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#331ADD

#331add ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#331add is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 10.2% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.92% cyan, 88.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 247.69°, with 78.95% saturation and 48.43% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 3.42.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0666

Complementary

  1. #331add
  2. #c4dd1a

Split complementary

  1. #331add
  2. #dd941a
  3. #63dd1a

Analogous

  1. #1a63dd
  2. #331add
  3. #941add

Triadic

  1. #331add
  2. #dd331a
  3. #1add33

Tetradic

  1. #331add
  2. #dd1ac4
  3. #c4dd1a
  4. #1add33

Square

  1. #331add
  2. #dd1a63
  3. #c4dd1a
  4. #1add94

Monochromatic

  1. #130a54
  2. #231299
  3. #331add
  4. #6b58eb
  5. #a89df3

Shades

#331add mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331add
  2. #2e17c7
  3. #2915b1
  4. #24129b
  5. #1f1085
  6. #1a0d6f
  7. #140a58
  8. #0f0842
  9. #0a052c
  10. #050316
  11. #000000

Tints

#331add mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331add
  2. #4731e0
  3. #5c48e4
  4. #705fe7
  5. #8576eb
  6. #998dee
  7. #ada3f1
  8. #c2baf5
  9. #d6d1f8
  10. #ebe8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331add mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331add
  2. #3b24d4
  3. #422eca
  4. #4a39c1
  5. #5243b8
  6. #5a4daf
  7. #6157a5
  8. #69619c
  9. #716c93
  10. #787689
  11. #808080

Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #413b9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0052e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0040da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005f83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0034db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004cae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331add {
  color: #331add;
}
Background
.bg-331add {
  background-color: #331add;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331add {
  border: 2px solid #331add;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331add;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 26 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331add {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331add, #941add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331add {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 26 221 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 3.42 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.11 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.58 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.03 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.47 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.75 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.06 #cce522 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#331add  rgb(51, 26, 221)  hsl(248, 79%, 48%)  Blue
#c4dd1a  rgb(196, 221, 26)  hsl(68, 79%, 48%)  Pear
#dd331a  rgb(221, 51, 26)  hsl(8, 79%, 48%)  Lust
#1add33  rgb(26, 221, 51)  hsl(128, 79%, 48%)  Malachite