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#331fd1

a balanced, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Medium Blue

Token name suggestion: Studio Sapphire

RGB
51, 31, 209
HSL
247°, 74%, 47%
CMYK
76, 85, 0, 18
Luminance
0.0629

#331fd1 is a balanced vivid blue, 247° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (9.30:1). As text it scores 9.30:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(247 74% 47%)rgb(51 31 209)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #331fd1 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#331fd1
Hue
247°
blue
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
31%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0629
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
9.30:1
Closest name
Medium Blue
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
104.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.425
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 18.9
Web-safe
#3333CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue247° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #331fd1.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green16%
Blue73%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#331fd1
HEX (8-digit)#331fd1ff
RGBrgb(51, 31, 209)
RGBArgba(51, 31, 209, 1)
HSLhsl(247, 74%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247, 85%, 82%)
HWBhwb(247 12% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(76%, 85%, 0%, 18%)
LABlab(30.1 61.2 -85.2)
LCHlch(30.1 104.9 305.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.425 0.247 273.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.36, 6.29, 60.82)
Decimal3350481
Display P3color(display-p3 0.200 0.122 0.820)
Web-safe#3333CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #331fd1;
background-color: #331fd1;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #331fd1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#331fd1] bg-[#331fd1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #331fd1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.200, green: 0.122, blue: 0.820)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.200, green: 0.122, blue: 0.820, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#331FD1</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF331FD1)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF331FD1)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(209, 31, 51)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(51, 31, 209)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(51, 31, 209)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 51, 31, 209)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2000f, 0.1216f, 0.8196f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{51,31,209}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #331fd1 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #331fd1 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1B106F, #D6D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #331fd1 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F3FC;
  --brand-100: #E9E7F9;
  --brand-200: #CDC8F3;
  --brand-300: #A79DF1;
  --brand-400: #7A6CE9;
  --brand-500: #4E3CE2;
  --brand-600: #331fd1;
  --brand-700: #2B1AB2;
  --brand-800: #23158E;
  --brand-900: #1D1367;
  --brand-950: #120C40;
  --brand: #331fd1;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F5F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C5C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #2B1AB2;
  --brand-pressed: #241693;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #161424;
    --brand-ink: #D6D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F3FC',
        100: '#E9E7F9',
        200: '#CDC8F3',
        300: '#A79DF1',
        400: '#7A6CE9',
        500: '#4E3CE2',
        600: '#331fd1',
        700: '#2B1AB2',
        800: '#23158E',
        900: '#1D1367',
        950: '#120C40',
        DEFAULT: '#331fd1',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F3FC,
  '100': #E9E7F9,
  '200': #CDC8F3,
  '300': #A79DF1,
  '400': #7A6CE9,
  '500': #4E3CE2,
  '600': #331fd1,
  '700': #2B1AB2,
  '800': #23158E,
  '900': #1D1367,
  '950': #120C40,
);
$brand-base: #331fd1;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9E7F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CDC8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A79DF1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7A6CE9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#4E3CE2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#331fd1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2B1AB2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#23158E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1D1367", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#120C40", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #331fd1 · 9.30:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 9.30:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #331fd1 as text scores 9.30:1 on white and 2.26:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EBE9FC at 7.79:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#331fd1 · 9.30:1
AA on whitealready passes
#331fd1
The quick fox
#331fd1 · 9.30:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#331fd1
The quick fox
#6F60E7 · 4.50:1
AA on black+17% L
#6F60E7
The quick fox
#978CEE · 7.30:1
AAA on black+27% L
#978CEE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #331FD1 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#331fd1 on white: 9.30:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#331fd1 on black: 2.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #331fd1 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #331fd1.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White9.30:1AaAa
Slate 508.89:1AaAa
Slate 1008.49:1AaAa
Slate 2007.55:1AaAa
Slate 3006.27:1AaAa
Slate 4003.63:1AaAa
Slate 5001.95:1AaAa
Slate 6001.23:1AaAa
Slate 7001.11:1AaAa
Slate 8001.57:1AaAa
Slate 9001.92:1AaAa
Black2.26:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #004FD6
deuteranopia · #003ECE
tritanopia · #005B7D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #331fd1 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F3FC
#E9E7F9
#CDC8F3
#A79DF1
#7A6CE9
#4E3CE2
#331fd1
#2B1AB2
#23158E
#1D1367
#120C40
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4F3FCDarkest = 950 · #120C40Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.062 273.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.099 273.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.148 273.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.192 273.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.227 273.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.247 273.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.247 273.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.232 273.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.207 273.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.173 273.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.136 273.2);
}

Colors that work with #331fd1

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F5F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C5C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#544B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#B6A016
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1B106F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBE9FC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#161424
Dark-mode background
Hover#2B1AB2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#241693
Two steps down
Disabled#A39FC2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#3119EB
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #331fd1

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight53/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BDD11F
Analogous left#1F64D1
Analogous right#8C1FD1
Split-complement 1#D18C1F
Split-complement 2#64D11F
Triadic 1#D1331F
Triadic 2#1FD133
Tetradic#D11F64
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°247°

#331fd1 sits at 247°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red20.0%
Green12.2%
Blue82.0%
R · 0–255
51
0x33
G · 0–255
31
0x1f
B · 0–255
209
0xd1

CMYK percentages

Cyan75.6%
Magenta85.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)18.0%

Total ink coverage is 179%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#331fd1 text on a black background

contrast 2.26:1

Card sample

#331fd1 text on a white background

contrast 9.30:1

Card sample

#331fd1 on grey

8.49:1

#331fd1 on its own surface

8.51:1

#331fd1 on its dark surface

1.95:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #331fd1;
Background color
Panel with #331fd1 background
background-color: #331fd1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #331fd1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(51, 31, 209, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(51, 31, 209, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #331fd1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #331fd1, #AA1FD1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #331fd1, #D11FCC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #331fd1;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #331fd1;
caret-color: #331fd1;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #331fd1;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBE9FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #331fd1;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#331fd1 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #331fd1 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(51, 31, 209, 0.5)
rgb(51 31 209 / 50%)
#331fd180
hsl(247 74% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #331fd1 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#331fd11a#EBE9FA
20%#331fd133#D6D2F6
40%#331fd166#ADA5ED
60%#331fd199#8579E3
80%#331fd1cc#5C4CDA

Gradients from #331fd1

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5B49E4, #331fd1 45%, #1B106F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #331fd1, #A11BB7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #331fd1, #BDD11F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7364E8 0%, #331fd1 45%, #1B106F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #408DE3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AA2FE0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1B106F 0%, transparent 65%), #331fd1;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #331fd1

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#331fd1 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.26:1 — lift it to #6F60E7 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#331fd1, answered

What color is #331fd1?

#331fd1 is a balanced vivid blue, closest to Medium Blue (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 247° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #331fd1?

rgb(51, 31, 209) — 51 red, 31 green and 209 blue out of 255, or 20% / 12.2% / 82% by channel.

What is #331fd1 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(247, 74%, 47%) and hsv(247, 85%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #331fd1 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0629 and perceived brightness is 31%, so white text on it reaches 9.30:1.

Should I use black or white text on #331fd1?

White. It scores 9.30:1 against #331fd1, versus 2.26:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #331fd1 accessible on a white background?

#331fd1 on white scores 9.30:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #331fd1?

#BDD11F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D18C1F and #64D11F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #331fd1?

For interface work: #F5F4FA as the surface, #C5C0ED for borders, #544B9B for secondary text, #B6A016 as an accent and #1B106F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1F64D1 and #8C1FD1 stays calm, while #BDD11F is the loudest partner.

What is #331fd1 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(76%, 85%, 0%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #331fd1 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #741FD1; nudged cooler, #1D41D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #331fd1?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 18.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #331fd1 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #331fd1 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#331fd1] or text-[#331fd1], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #331fd1 with 50% opacity?

rgba(51, 31, 209, 0.5), or #331fd180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #998FE8; over black, #1A1069.

Is #331fd1 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3333CC, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #331fd1 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #331fd1?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #5B49E4, #331fd1 45%, #1B106F). For more colour, a short hue run to #A11BB7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #331fd1 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #331fd1 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.