Information about #3F8BAB color

#3F8BAB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #3F8BAB is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(63, 139, 171) — 24.7% red, 54.5% green, 67.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 13 / 0 / 33. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #3F8BAB feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Endorphin (#4190AD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Boston Blue (#3B91B4) and Moderate Cornflower Blue (#4A85A8).

The recipe behind #3F8BAB is rgb(63, 139, 171), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #3F8BAB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 5.5:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#3F8BAB color variations

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

#3F8BAB 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 #3F8BAB

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3F8BAB
  • RGB63, 139, 171
  • CMYK42, 13, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(63, 139, 171)
  • HSL198°, 46%, 46%
  • HSL Precise197.778°, 46.154%, 45.882%
  • HSV198°, 63%, 67%
  • HSB198°, 63%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.247
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • GLSLvec3(0.247, 0.545, 0.671)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.247, 0.545, 0.671, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.247, 0.545, 0.671)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB24.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID3F8BAB
  • DECIMAL ID4164523
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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