Information about #388BC7 color

#388BC7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #388BC7 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(56, 139, 199) — 22% red, 54.5% green, 78% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 56 / 24 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure, #388BC7 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Glacial Blue Ice (#368BC1). Slightly further away sit Blue Ivy (#3090C7) and Windows Blue (#357EC7).

The recipe behind #388BC7 is rgb(56, 139, 199), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. #388BC7 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#388BC7 color variations

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

#388BC7 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 #388BC7

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

Blue Ivy color link
Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Peacock color link
Peacock

#33A1C9

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Douban Blue color link
Douban Blue

#2496CD

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#388BC7
  • RGB56, 139, 199
  • CMYK56, 24, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(56, 139, 199)
  • HSL205°, 56%, 50%
  • HSL Precise205.175°, 56.078%, 50%
  • HSV205°, 72%, 78%
  • HSB205°, 72%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.780
  • GLSLvec3(0.220, 0.545, 0.780)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.220, 0.545, 0.780, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.220, 0.545, 0.780)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID388BC7
  • DECIMAL ID3705799
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01