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#331B5A

#331B5A is a dark, rich purple, close to the color Midnight Blue. In RGB it’s made of 20% red, 10.6% green, and 35.3% blue. Its hue is 263°, with 54% saturation and 23% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #331B5A as they’d see it.

Typical vision#331B5A
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #331B5A?

#331B5A is a dark, rich purple, close to the color Midnight Blue. In RGB it’s made of 20% red, 10.6% green, and 35.3% blue. Its hue is 263°, with 54% saturation and 23% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #331B5A in RGB?

#331B5A is rgb(51, 27, 90): 51 red, 27 green, and 90 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #331B5A in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(43, 70, 0, 65). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #331B5A?

PANTONE 275 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #331B5A?

Its complement #1E2E00 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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