Information about #387DBA color

#387DBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#387DBA falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(56, 125, 186) — 22% red, 49% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 51 / 24 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #387DBA reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and 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 a hair away from Sports Star (#3D85B8). Slightly further away sit Windows Blue (#357EC7) and Kasper Blue (#4072B7).

In RGB terms — rgb(56, 125, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #387DBA: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#387DBA color variations

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

#387DBA 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 #387DBA

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

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Onetta Blue color link
Onetta Blue

#4070B8

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Skydiver color link
Skydiver

#4677C8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#387DBA
  • RGB56, 125, 186
  • CMYK51, 24, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(56, 125, 186)
  • HSL208°, 54%, 47%
  • HSL Precise208.154°, 53.719%, 47.451%
  • HSV208°, 70%, 73%
  • HSB208°, 70%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.490, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.490, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.490, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID387DBA
  • DECIMAL ID3702202
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01