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#331ED8

#331ed8 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#331ed8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.39% cyan, 86.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 246.77°, with 75.61% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 4.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0659

Complementary

  1. #331ed8
  2. #c3d81e

Split complementary

  1. #331ed8
  2. #d8901e
  3. #66d81e

Analogous

  1. #1e66d8
  2. #331ed8
  3. #901ed8

Triadic

  1. #331ed8
  2. #d8331e
  3. #1ed833

Tetradic

  1. #331ed8
  2. #d81ec3
  3. #c3d81e
  4. #1ed833

Square

  1. #331ed8
  2. #d81e66
  3. #c3d81e
  4. #1ed890

Monochromatic

  1. #130b52
  2. #231595
  3. #331ed8
  4. #6a5ae8
  5. #a79ef1

Shades

#331ed8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331ed8
  2. #2e1bc2
  3. #2918ad
  4. #241597
  5. #1f1282
  6. #1a0f6c
  7. #140c56
  8. #0f0941
  9. #0a062b
  10. #050316
  11. #000000

Tints

#331ed8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331ed8
  2. #4735dc
  3. #5c4be0
  4. #7062e4
  5. #8578e8
  6. #998fec
  7. #ada5ef
  8. #c2bcf3
  9. #d6d2f7
  10. #ebe9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331ed8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331ed8
  2. #3b28cf
  3. #4232c6
  4. #4a3bbe
  5. #5245b5
  6. #5a4fac
  7. #6159a3
  8. #69639a
  9. #716c92
  10. #787689
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #413c98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0051dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0040d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005e81 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0035d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004cab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331ed8 {
  color: #331ed8;
}
Background
.bg-331ed8 {
  background-color: #331ed8;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331ed8 {
  border: 2px solid #331ed8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331ed8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 30 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 76% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331ed8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331ed8, #901ed8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331ed8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 30 216 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 4.00 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.52 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.67 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.44 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 6.90 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.67 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.14 #cce127 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#331ed8  rgb(51, 30, 216)  hsl(247, 76%, 48%)  Blue
#c3d81e  rgb(195, 216, 30)  hsl(67, 76%, 48%)  Pear
#d8331e  rgb(216, 51, 30)  hsl(7, 76%, 48%)  Lust
#1ed833  rgb(30, 216, 51)  hsl(127, 76%, 48%)  Lime Green