#331177
#331177
Purples · #317 is the three-digit shorthand for #331177. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #331177 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 51, 17, 119 |
| HSL | 260°, 75%, 27% |
| CMYK | 57%, 86%, 0%, 53% |
| Relative luminance | 0.02 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
14.12:1 Passes AA
Aa
On black
1.49:1 Below AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#567811
Analogous
#112278#671178
Triadic
#783411#117834
Shade scale
50100200300400500600700800
Seen with colour blindness
ProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
How to read this
- A hex code writes red, green and blue as two hexadecimal digits each. #ff0000 is red at full strength and the others at zero.
- HSL states hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness. Nudging a colour brighter means changing one number, which is why it is easier to work with by hand.
- Text contrast follows WCAG. Body-size text needs 4.5:1 or better, and 21:1 between white and black is the maximum possible.
- The colour-blindness row computes how this colour appears under three types of colour vision deficiency — the reason never to encode information in colour alone.
Frequently asked questions
Q. Are #317 and #331177 the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #317 expands to #331177. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #331177?
White text. Contrast against white is 14.12:1 and against black 1.49:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #331177?
Midnight blue. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.