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#387FAC

#387fac ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#387fac is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 49.8% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.44% cyan, 26.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 203.28°, with 50.88% saturation and 44.71% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.19

Complementary

  1. #387fac
  2. #ac6538

Split complementary

  1. #387fac
  2. #ac3845
  3. #ac9f38

Analogous

  1. #38ac9f
  2. #387fac
  3. #3845ac

Triadic

  1. #387fac
  2. #ac387f
  3. #7fac38

Tetradic

  1. #387fac
  2. #6538ac
  3. #ac6538
  4. #7fac38

Square

  1. #387fac
  2. #9f38ac
  3. #ac6538
  4. #45ac38

Monochromatic

  1. #122a39
  2. #255472
  3. #387fac
  4. #64a4cd
  5. #9ec6df

Shades

#387fac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #387fac
  2. #32729b
  3. #2d668a
  4. #275978
  5. #224c67
  6. #1c4056
  7. #163345
  8. #112634
  9. #0b1922
  10. #060d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#387fac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #387fac
  2. #4c8cb4
  3. #6099bd
  4. #74a5c5
  5. #88b2cd
  6. #9cbfd6
  7. #afccde
  8. #c3d9e6
  9. #d7e5ee
  10. #ebf2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#387fac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #387fac
  2. #3f7fa8
  3. #467fa3
  4. #4e7f9f
  5. #557f9a
  6. #5c8096
  7. #638092
  8. #6a808d
  9. #728089
  10. #798084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657b90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a7fae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a74ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a7fad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f78ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00869b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-387fac {
  color: #387fac;
}
Background
.bg-387fac {
  background-color: #387fac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-387fac {
  border: 2px solid #387fac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #387fac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 127 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 51% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-387fac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #387fac, #3845ac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-387fac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 127 172 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.94 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 4.03 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.29 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.12 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.90 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.07 #c78053 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#387fac  rgb(56, 127, 172)  hsl(203, 51%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#ac6538  rgb(172, 101, 56)  hsl(23, 51%, 45%)  Sienna
#ac387f  rgb(172, 56, 127)  hsl(323, 51%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#7fac38  rgb(127, 172, 56)  hsl(83, 51%, 45%)  Apple Green