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#387DBE

#387dbe ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#387dbe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 49.02% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.53% cyan, 34.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 209.1°, with 54.47% saturation and 48.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.55.

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Relative luminance0.1923

Complementary

  1. #387dbe
  2. #be7938

Split complementary

  1. #387dbe
  2. #be383a
  3. #bebc38

Analogous

  1. #38bebc
  2. #387dbe
  3. #383abe

Triadic

  1. #387dbe
  2. #be387d
  3. #7dbe38

Tetradic

  1. #387dbe
  2. #7938be
  3. #be7938
  4. #7dbe38

Square

  1. #387dbe
  2. #bc38be
  3. #be7938
  4. #3abe38

Monochromatic

  1. #152f48
  2. #275683
  3. #387dbe
  4. #6ea3d4
  5. #a9c8e6

Shades

#387dbe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #387dbe
  2. #3271ab
  3. #2d6498
  4. #275885
  5. #224b72
  6. #1c3f5f
  7. #16324c
  8. #112639
  9. #0b1926
  10. #060d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#387dbe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #387dbe
  2. #4c8ac5
  3. #6097cb
  4. #74a4d2
  5. #88b1d8
  6. #9cbedf
  7. #afcbe5
  8. #c3d8ec
  9. #d7e5f2
  10. #ebf2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#387dbe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #387dbe
  2. #3f7db8
  3. #467eb2
  4. #4e7eab
  5. #557ea5
  6. #5c7f9f
  7. #637f99
  8. #6a7f93
  9. #727f8c
  10. #798086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657b9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6080c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d74bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #537fc0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4577bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-387dbe {
  color: #387dbe;
}
Background
.bg-387dbe {
  background-color: #387dbe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-387dbe {
  border: 2px solid #387dbe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #387dbe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 125 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 54% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-387dbe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #387dbe, #383abe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-387dbe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 125 190 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.55 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.94 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.66 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.48 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.80 #c78241 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#387dbe  rgb(56, 125, 190)  hsl(209, 54%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#be7938  rgb(190, 121, 56)  hsl(29, 54%, 48%)  Copper
#be387d  rgb(190, 56, 125)  hsl(329, 54%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#7dbe38  rgb(125, 190, 56)  hsl(89, 54%, 48%)  Kelly Green