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#331AEE

#331aee ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#331aee is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 10.2% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.57% cyan, 89.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 247.08°, with 86.18% saturation and 51.76% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.17.

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Relative luminance0.0762

Complementary

  1. #331aee
  2. #d5ee1a

Split complementary

  1. #331aee
  2. #ee9d1a
  3. #6bee1a

Analogous

  1. #1a6bee
  2. #331aee
  3. #9d1aee

Triadic

  1. #331aee
  2. #ee331a
  3. #1aee33

Tetradic

  1. #331aee
  2. #ee1ad5
  3. #d5ee1a
  4. #1aee33

Square

  1. #331aee
  2. #ee1a6b
  3. #d5ee1a
  4. #1aee9d

Monochromatic

  1. #130867
  2. #200daf
  3. #331aee
  4. #7261f3
  5. #b2a8f9

Shades

#331aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331aee
  2. #2e17d6
  3. #2915be
  4. #2412a7
  5. #1f108f
  6. #1a0d77
  7. #140a5f
  8. #0f0847
  9. #0a0530
  10. #050318
  11. #000000

Tints

#331aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331aee
  2. #4731f0
  3. #5c48f1
  4. #705ff3
  5. #8576f5
  6. #998df7
  7. #ada3f8
  8. #c2bafa
  9. #d6d1fc
  10. #ebe8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331aee
  2. #3b24e3
  3. #422ed8
  4. #4a39cd
  5. #5243c2
  6. #5a4db7
  7. #6157ac
  8. #6961a1
  9. #716c96
  10. #78768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4e4e4e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #453fa7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0058f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0043eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00668d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0047f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0037ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0052bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331aee {
  color: #331aee;
}
Background
.bg-331aee {
  background-color: #331aee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331aee {
  border: 2px solid #331aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 26 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 86% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331aee, #9d1aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 26 238 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.17 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.29 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.27 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 6.25 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 6.36 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.36 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.33 #cce511 Inverted #4e4e4e Grayscale 

Blue
#331aee  rgb(51, 26, 238)  hsl(247, 86%, 52%)  Blue
#d5ee1a  rgb(213, 238, 26)  hsl(67, 86%, 52%)  Pear
#ee331a  rgb(238, 51, 26)  hsl(7, 86%, 52%)  Candy Apple Red
#1aee33  rgb(26, 238, 51)  hsl(127, 86%, 52%)  Lime