#3333ff

Color #3333ff

Web safe

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#3333ff

RGB

rgb(51, 51, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 80%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 80%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(38.36, 66.01, -97.72)

LCH

lch(38.36, 117.93, 304.04)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.2829, 269.84)

HWB

hwb(240, 20%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff33

Analogous

#3399ff

#3333ff

#9933ff

Triadic

#3333ff

#ff3333

#33ff33

Split-complementary

#3333ff

#ff9933

#99ff33

Tetradic

#3333ff

#ff33ff

#ffff33

#33ff33

Square

#3333ff

#ff3399

#ffff33

#33ff99

Shades

Color #3333ff mixed toward black.

#0000ff

#0000cc

#000099

#000066

#000033

Tints

Color #3333ff mixed toward white.

#5555ff

#7777ff

#9999ff

#bbbbff

#ddddff

Tones

Color #3333ff mixed toward gray.

#4444ee

#5555dd

#6666cc

#7777bb

#8888aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.06:1

White text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3333e3 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#3333db · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#33c9c2 · ΔE 52.4

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 32.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #3333ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#3333ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#3333ff (#3333ff) is rgb(51, 51, 255) in RGB.

Yes, #3333ff is one of the 216 web-safe colors — every channel is a multiple of 51.

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