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#3909EA

#3909ea ≈ Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3909ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.64% cyan, 96.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 252.8°, with 92.59% saturation and 47.65% 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.28.

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Relative luminance0.0701

Complementary

  1. #3909ea
  2. #baea09

Split complementary

  1. #3909ea
  2. #eaaa09
  3. #4aea09

Analogous

  1. #094aea
  2. #3909ea
  3. #aa09ea

Triadic

  1. #3909ea
  2. #ea3909
  3. #09ea39

Tetradic

  1. #3909ea
  2. #ea09ba
  3. #baea09
  4. #09ea39

Square

  1. #3909ea
  2. #ea094a
  3. #baea09
  4. #09eaaa

Monochromatic

  1. #150357
  2. #2706a0
  3. #3909ea
  4. #6d48f8
  5. #a891fb

Shades

#3909ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3909ea
  2. #3308d3
  3. #2e07bb
  4. #2806a4
  5. #22058c
  6. #1d0575
  7. #17045e
  8. #110346
  9. #0b022f
  10. #060117
  11. #000000

Tints

#3909ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3909ea
  2. #4d22ec
  3. #613aee
  4. #7453f0
  5. #886bf2
  6. #9c84f5
  7. #b09df7
  8. #c4b5f9
  9. #d7cefb
  10. #ebe6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3909ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3909ea
  2. #4015df
  3. #4721d5
  4. #4e2dca
  5. #5539c0
  6. #5d45b5
  7. #6450aa
  8. #6b5ca0
  9. #726895
  10. #79748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4b4b4b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #443ba4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0041e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006189 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0032e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3909ea {
  color: #3909ea;
}
Background
.bg-3909ea {
  background-color: #3909ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3909ea {
  border: 2px solid #3909ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3909ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 9 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3909ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3909ea, #aa09ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3909ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 9 234 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.28 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.62 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.97 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.39 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.55 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.08 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 9.40 #c6f615 Inverted #4b4b4b Grayscale 

Blue
#3909ea  rgb(57, 9, 234)  hsl(253, 93%, 48%)  Blue
#baea09  rgb(186, 234, 9)  hsl(73, 93%, 48%)  Electric Lime
#ea3909  rgb(234, 57, 9)  hsl(13, 93%, 48%)  Ferrari Red
#09ea39  rgb(9, 234, 57)  hsl(133, 93%, 48%)  Malachite