Information about #387BB2 color

#387BB2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #387BB2 belongs to the Azure Color Family, featuring Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(56, 123, 178) (22% red, 48.2% green, 69.8% blue), or CMYK 48 / 22 / 0 / 30 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure, #387BB2 carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Primetime (#3973A9). Slightly further away sit Sports Star (#3D85B8) and Kasper Blue (#4072B7).

The recipe behind #387BB2 is rgb(56, 123, 178), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #387BB2: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. No one has named #387BB2 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#387BB2 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#387BB2 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #387BB2

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Onetta Blue color link
Onetta Blue

#4070B8

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#387BB2
  • RGB56, 123, 178
  • CMYK48, 22, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(56, 123, 178)
  • HSL207°, 52%, 46%
  • HSL Precise207.049°, 52.137%, 45.882%
  • HSV207°, 69%, 70%
  • HSB207°, 69%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.482, 0.698)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.482, 0.698, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.482, 0.698)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB69.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID387BB2
  • DECIMAL ID3701682
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01