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#3909CA

#3909ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3909ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 3.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.78% cyan, 95.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 254.92°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 2.67.

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Web safe#3300cc
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Relative luminance0.0533

Complementary

  1. #3909ca
  2. #9aca09

Split complementary

  1. #3909ca
  2. #ca9909
  3. #3aca09

Analogous

  1. #093aca
  2. #3909ca
  3. #9909ca

Triadic

  1. #3909ca
  2. #ca3909
  3. #09ca39

Tetradic

  1. #3909ca
  2. #ca099a
  3. #9aca09
  4. #09ca39

Square

  1. #3909ca
  2. #ca093a
  3. #9aca09
  4. #09ca99

Monochromatic

  1. #100238
  2. #240681
  3. #3909ca
  4. #5d2af6
  5. #9473f9

Shades

#3909ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3909ca
  2. #3308b6
  3. #2e07a2
  4. #28068d
  5. #220579
  6. #1d0565
  7. #170451
  8. #11033d
  9. #0b0228
  10. #060114
  11. #000000

Tints

#3909ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3909ca
  2. #4d22cf
  3. #613ad5
  4. #7453da
  5. #886bdf
  6. #9c84e5
  7. #b09dea
  8. #c4b5ef
  9. #d7cef4
  10. #ebe6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3909ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3909ca
  2. #4015c3
  3. #4721bb
  4. #4e2db4
  5. #5539ac
  6. #5d45a5
  7. #64509e
  8. #6b5c96
  9. #72688f
  10. #797487
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #414141 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3e338d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0048cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0039c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005376 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0039cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002dc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00419f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3909ca {
  color: #3909ca;
}
Background
.bg-3909ca {
  background-color: #3909ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3909ca {
  border: 2px solid #3909ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3909ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 9 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3909ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3909ca, #9909ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3909ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 9 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 2.67 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.79 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.88 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.57 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.58 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.60 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 8.98 #c6f635 Inverted #414141 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#3909ca  rgb(57, 9, 202)  hsl(255, 91%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#9aca09  rgb(154, 202, 9)  hsl(75, 91%, 41%)  Yellow Green
#ca3909  rgb(202, 57, 9)  hsl(15, 91%, 41%)  Sinopia
#09ca39  rgb(9, 202, 57)  hsl(135, 91%, 41%)  Lime Green