Information about #383949 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A calm, restrained deep-sea blue, #383949 holds a balanced mid-tone. 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 almost identical to Martinique (#3C3748). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Catwalk (#3D3E4C) and Charcoal Frost (#3C3F46).
In RGB terms — rgb(56, 57, 73) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #383949: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #383949 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#383949 color variations
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#383949 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#383949 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#383949 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#383949 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#383949 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 #383949 color
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Nearest named colors to #383949
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3C3748
#3D3E4C
#3C3F46
#3E3A44
#394149
#353E4F
#373F43
#334046
#383740
#394043
#373E41
#3B4248
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#383949
- RGB56, 57, 73
- CMYK7, 6, 0, 71
- CSSrgb(56, 57, 73)
- HSL236°, 13%, 25%
- HSL Precise236.471°, 13.178%, 25.294%
- HSV236°, 23%, 29%
- HSB236°, 23%, 29%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
- GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.224, 0.286)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.224, 0.286, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.224, 0.286)
- Percentage of Red in RGB22%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID383949
- DECIMAL ID3684681
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
