Information about #3983BA color

#3983BA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #3983BA is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(57, 131, 186) — 22.4% red, 51.4% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 51 / 22 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #3983BA feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sports Star (#3D85B8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Glacial Blue Ice (#368BC1) and Cyan Blue Azure (#4682BF).

The recipe behind #3983BA is rgb(57, 131, 186), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #3983BA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 5.1:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.1:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#3983BA color variations

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#3983BA 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 #3983BA

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

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

Onetta Blue color link
Onetta Blue

#4070B8

Blue Ivy color link
Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3983BA
  • RGB57, 131, 186
  • CMYK51, 22, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(57, 131, 186)
  • HSL206°, 53%, 48%
  • HSL Precise205.581°, 53.086%, 47.647%
  • HSV206°, 69%, 73%
  • HSB206°, 69%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.224, 0.514, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.224, 0.514, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.224, 0.514, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID3983BA
  • DECIMAL ID3769274
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01