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#331BCA

#331bca ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#331bca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 10.59% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.75% cyan, 86.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 248.23°, with 76.42% saturation and 44.9% 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 9.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#3333cc
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Relative luminance0.0575

Complementary

  1. #331bca
  2. #b2ca1b

Split complementary

  1. #331bca
  2. #ca8a1b
  3. #5aca1b

Analogous

  1. #1b5aca
  2. #331bca
  3. #8a1bca

Triadic

  1. #331bca
  2. #ca331b
  3. #1bca33

Tetradic

  1. #331bca
  2. #ca1bb2
  3. #b2ca1b
  4. #1bca33

Square

  1. #331bca
  2. #ca1b5a
  3. #b2ca1b
  4. #1bca8a

Monochromatic

  1. #110943
  2. #221287
  3. #331bca
  4. #604be7
  5. #9c8ef0

Shades

#331bca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #331bca
  2. #2e18b6
  3. #2916a2
  4. #24138d
  5. #1f1079
  6. #1a0e65
  7. #140b51
  8. #0f083d
  9. #0a0528
  10. #050314
  11. #000000

Tints

#331bca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #331bca
  2. #4732cf
  3. #5c49d5
  4. #705fda
  5. #8576df
  6. #998de5
  7. #ada4ea
  8. #c2bbef
  9. #d6d1f4
  10. #ebe8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#331bca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #331bca
  2. #3b25c3
  3. #422fbb
  4. #4a39b4
  5. #5243ac
  6. #5a4ea5
  7. #61589e
  8. #696296
  9. #716c8f
  10. #787687
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #444444 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3e388e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003cc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005778 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003dcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0031c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00469f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-331bca {
  color: #331bca;
}
Background
.bg-331bca {
  background-color: #331bca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-331bca {
  border: 2px solid #331bca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #331bca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 27 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 76% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-331bca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331bca, #8a1bca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-331bca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 27 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.33 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.53 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.91 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.35 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 6.89 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.16 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 8.02 #cce435 Inverted #444444 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#331bca  rgb(51, 27, 202)  hsl(248, 76%, 45%)  Medium Blue
#b2ca1b  rgb(178, 202, 27)  hsl(68, 76%, 45%)  June Bud
#ca331b  rgb(202, 51, 27)  hsl(8, 76%, 45%)  Rosso Corsa
#1bca33  rgb(27, 202, 51)  hsl(128, 76%, 45%)  Lime Green