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#331ADE

#331ade ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#331ade 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.03% cyan, 88.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 247.65°, with 79.03% saturation and 48.63% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0672

Complementary

  1. #331ade
  2. #c5de1a

Split complementary

  1. #331ade
  2. #de951a
  3. #63de1a

Analogous

  1. #1a63de
  2. #331ade
  3. #951ade

Triadic

  1. #331ade
  2. #de331a
  3. #1ade33

Tetradic

  1. #331ade
  2. #de1ac5
  3. #c5de1a
  4. #1ade33

Square

  1. #331ade
  2. #de1a63
  3. #c5de1a
  4. #1ade95

Monochromatic

  1. #140a55
  2. #23129a
  3. #331ade
  4. #6c59ec
  5. #a89df4

Shades

#331ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331ade
  2. #2e17c8
  3. #2915b2
  4. #24129b
  5. #1f1085
  6. #1a0d6f
  7. #140a59
  8. #0f0843
  9. #0a052c
  10. #050316
  11. #000000

Tints

#331ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331ade
  2. #4731e1
  3. #5c48e5
  4. #705fe8
  5. #8576eb
  6. #998def
  7. #ada3f2
  8. #c2baf5
  9. #d6d1f8
  10. #ebe8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331ade
  2. #3b24d5
  3. #422ecb
  4. #4a39c2
  5. #5243b8
  6. #5a4daf
  7. #6157a6
  8. #69619c
  9. #716c93
  10. #787689
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #413b9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0052e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0040db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005f84 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0034dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004caf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331ade {
  color: #331ade;
}
Background
.bg-331ade {
  background-color: #331ade;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331ade {
  border: 2px solid #331ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 26 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 79% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331ade, #951ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 26 222 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 3.32 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 3.99 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.67 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.92 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.51 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.65 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.18 #cce521 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#331ade  rgb(51, 26, 222)  hsl(248, 79%, 49%)  Blue
#c5de1a  rgb(197, 222, 26)  hsl(68, 79%, 49%)  Pear
#de331a  rgb(222, 51, 26)  hsl(8, 79%, 49%)  Lust
#1ade33  rgb(26, 222, 51)  hsl(128, 79%, 49%)  Malachite