Information about #383971 color

#383971 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#383971 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(56, 57, 113) — 22% red, 22.4% green, 44.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 22 / 22 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#383971 is a moderately toned classic blue that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from American Blue (#3B3B6D). Slightly further away sit Old Glory Blue (#3C3B6E) and Torea Bay (#353D75).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(56, 57, 113)), which gives #383971 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 10.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #383971 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#383971 color variations

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

#383971 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 #383971

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

Torea Bay color link
Torea Bay

#353D75

Sea World color link
Sea World

#323F75

Topsy Turvy color link
Topsy Turvy

#313669

Wave Rider color link
Wave Rider

#413F6E

Port Gore color link
Port Gore

#3B436C

Wow color link
Wow

#343467

Believe color link
Believe

#352F77

Deep Koamaru color link
Deep Koamaru

#333366

Jelly color link
Jelly

#3E3267

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#383971
  • RGB56, 57, 113
  • CMYK22, 22, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(56, 57, 113)
  • HSL239°, 34%, 33%
  • HSL Precise238.947°, 33.728%, 33.137%
  • HSV239°, 50%, 44%
  • HSB239°, 50%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.224, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.224, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.224, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID383971
  • DECIMAL ID3684721
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01