Information about #038B9D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#038B9D presents itself as a maximally vivid cyan — one that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Eastern Blue (#00879F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dolphins Aqua (#008E97) and Seeker (#0092A5).
In RGB terms — rgb(3, 139, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #038B9D: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #038B9D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#038B9D color variations
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#038B9D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#038B9D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#038B9D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#038B9D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#038B9D 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #038B9D color
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Nearest named colors to #038B9D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#00879F
#008E97
#0092A5
#009698
#0093A8
#0D9494
#0084AC
#007EA8
#007AA5
#007BA7
#017B92
#0A888A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#038B9D
- RGB3, 139, 157
- CMYK60, 7, 0, 38
- CSSrgb(3, 139, 157)
- HSL187°, 96%, 31%
- HSL Precise187.013°, 96.25%, 31.373%
- HSV187°, 98%, 62%
- HSB187°, 98%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.012
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.012, 0.545, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.012, 0.545, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.012, 0.545, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB1.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID038B9D
- DECIMAL ID232349
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers2 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
