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#3517EA

#3517ea ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3517ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 9.02% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.35% cyan, 90.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.53°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.28.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0731

Complementary

  1. #3517ea
  2. #ccea17

Split complementary

  1. #3517ea
  2. #ea9e17
  3. #62ea17

Analogous

  1. #1762ea
  2. #3517ea
  3. #9e17ea

Triadic

  1. #3517ea
  2. #ea3517
  3. #17ea35

Tetradic

  1. #3517ea
  2. #ea17cc
  3. #ccea17
  4. #17ea35

Square

  1. #3517ea
  2. #ea1762
  3. #ccea17
  4. #17ea9e

Monochromatic

  1. #15095f
  2. #240fa6
  3. #3517ea
  4. #725df0
  5. #afa3f7

Shades

#3517ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3517ea
  2. #3015d3
  3. #2a12bb
  4. #2510a4
  5. #200e8c
  6. #1b0c75
  7. #15095e
  8. #100746
  9. #0b052f
  10. #050217
  11. #000000

Tints

#3517ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3517ea
  2. #492eec
  3. #5d45ee
  4. #725df0
  5. #8674f2
  6. #9a8bf5
  7. #aea2f7
  8. #c2b9f9
  9. #d7d1fb
  10. #ebe8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3517ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3517ea
  2. #3d22df
  3. #442cd5
  4. #4c37ca
  5. #5341c0
  6. #5b4cb5
  7. #6256aa
  8. #6a61a0
  9. #716b95
  10. #79768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4c4c4c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #443da4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0056ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0042e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00648a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0045ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0036e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0050b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3517ea {
  color: #3517ea;
}
Background
.bg-3517ea {
  background-color: #3517ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3517ea {
  border: 2px solid #3517ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3517ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 23 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3517ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3517ea, #9e17ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3517ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 23 234 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.28 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.59 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.66 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.80 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.51 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.35 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.37 #cae815 Inverted #4c4c4c Grayscale 

Blue
#3517ea  rgb(53, 23, 234)  hsl(249, 83%, 50%)  Blue
#ccea17  rgb(204, 234, 23)  hsl(69, 83%, 50%)  Pear
#ea3517  rgb(234, 53, 23)  hsl(9, 83%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#17ea35  rgb(23, 234, 53)  hsl(129, 83%, 50%)  Malachite