#3311AA
#3311AA
Blues · #31a is the three-digit shorthand for #3311AA. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #3311AA |
|---|---|
| RGB | 51, 17, 170 |
| HSL | 253°, 82%, 37% |
| CMYK | 70%, 90%, 0%, 33% |
| Relative luminance | 0.04 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
11.66:1 Passes AA
Aa
On black
1.8:1 Below AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#8AAC11
Analogous
#113DAC#8011AC
Triadic
#AC3311#11AC33
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 #31a and #3311AA the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #31a expands to #3311AA. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #3311AA?
White text. Contrast against white is 11.66:1 and against black 1.8:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #3311AA?
Indigo. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.