Information about #387B7E color

#387B7E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#387B7E falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(56, 123, 126) — 22% red, 48.2% green, 49.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 1 / 0 / 51. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #387B7E reads as a moderately toned water-like cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Donovan Busha Blue (#327B7F). Slightly further away sit Ming (#36747D) and Greenish Blue (#307D7E).

In RGB terms — rgb(56, 123, 126) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 4.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #387B7E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#387B7E color variations

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

#387B7E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#387B7E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#2D6265

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#163132

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Black

#000000

#387B7E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#387B7E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#387E66

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#387B7E 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
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#7F3C39
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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
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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
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#397F5F
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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
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#7F397B
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#7B7F39
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#3C397F
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#7F3C39
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#5F397F
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#7F3C39
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#587F39
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Nearest named colors to #387B7E

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

Donovan Busha Blue color link
Donovan Busha Blue

#327B7F

Ming color link
Ming

#36747D

Greenish Blue color link
Greenish Blue

#307D7E

Vintage Teal color link
Vintage Teal

#3B7577

Teal Blue color link
Teal Blue

#367588

Faded Jade color link
Faded Jade

#427977

Celadon Green color link
Celadon Green

#2F847C

Myrtle Green color link
Myrtle Green

#317873

Atoll color link
Atoll

#2B797A

Thousand Herb Color color link
Thousand Herb Color

#317589

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Elm color link
Elm

#297B76

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#387B7E
  • RGB56, 123, 126
  • CMYK27, 1, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(56, 123, 126)
  • HSL183°, 38%, 36%
  • HSL Precise182.571°, 38.462%, 35.686%
  • HSV183°, 56%, 49%
  • HSB183°, 56%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.482, 0.494)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.482, 0.494, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.482, 0.494)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID387B7E
  • DECIMAL ID3701630
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers26 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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