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#331ECE

#331ece ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#331ece is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 11.76% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.24% cyan, 85.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 247.16°, with 74.58% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.84.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0609

Complementary

  1. #331ece
  2. #b9ce1e

Split complementary

  1. #331ece
  2. #ce8b1e
  3. #61ce1e

Analogous

  1. #1e61ce
  2. #331ece
  3. #8b1ece

Triadic

  1. #331ece
  2. #ce331e
  3. #1ece33

Tetradic

  1. #331ece
  2. #ce1eb9
  3. #b9ce1e
  4. #1ece33

Square

  1. #331ece
  2. #ce1e61
  3. #b9ce1e
  4. #1ece8b

Monochromatic

  1. #120b48
  2. #22148b
  3. #331ece
  4. #6453e6
  5. #a095f0

Shades

#331ece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331ece
  2. #2e1bb9
  3. #2918a5
  4. #241590
  5. #1f127c
  6. #1a0f67
  7. #140c52
  8. #0f093e
  9. #0a0629
  10. #050315
  11. #000000

Tints

#331ece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331ece
  2. #4735d3
  3. #5c4bd8
  4. #7062dd
  5. #8578e2
  6. #998fe7
  7. #ada5eb
  8. #c2bcf0
  9. #d6d2f5
  10. #ebe9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331ece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331ece
  2. #3b28c6
  3. #4232be
  4. #4a3bb7
  5. #5245af
  6. #5a4fa7
  7. #61599f
  8. #696397
  9. #716c90
  10. #787688
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3f3a91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004ed3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003dcb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00597b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003fd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0033cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0048a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331ece {
  color: #331ece;
}
Background
.bg-331ece {
  background-color: #331ece;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331ece {
  border: 2px solid #331ece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331ece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 30 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 75% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331ece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331ece, #8b1ece);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331ece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 30 206 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.84 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.08 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.84 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 6.53 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.58 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 6.59 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 8.01 #cce131 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#331ece  rgb(51, 30, 206)  hsl(247, 75%, 46%)  Medium Blue
#b9ce1e  rgb(185, 206, 30)  hsl(67, 75%, 46%)  Pear
#ce331e  rgb(206, 51, 30)  hsl(7, 75%, 46%)  Rosso Corsa
#1ece33  rgb(30, 206, 51)  hsl(127, 75%, 46%)  Lime Green