#333388
#333388
Blues · #338 is the three-digit shorthand for #333388. In CSS the two notations mean the same color.
| HEX | #333388 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 51, 51, 136 |
| HSL | 240°, 45%, 37% |
| CMYK | 63%, 63%, 0%, 47% |
| Relative luminance | 0.05 |
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Text contrast
Aa
On white
10.66:1 Passes AA
Aa
On black
1.97:1 Below AA
Colours that work with it
Complement
#898934
Analogous
#345E89#5E3489
Triadic
#893434#348934
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 #338 and #333388 the same color?
Yes. CSS doubles each digit of a three-digit hex, so #338 expands to #333388. Only 4,096 colors can be written in three digits, and this is one of them.
Q. What text color works on #333388?
White text. Contrast against white is 10.66:1 and against black 1.97:1, so pick the larger one — WCAG asks for 4.5:1 at body size.
Q. Which named color is closest to #333388?
Midnight blue. It is not an exact match, so where color matters use the hex code itself rather than the name.