#385397

sRGB: 56 / 83 / 151

#385397 belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 56 red, 83 green and 151 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 222.9° lands in the azure region. Its 45.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 40.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.36:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 56, 83, 151
HSL: 222.95°, 45.89%, 40.59%
HSV / HSB: 222.95°, 62.91%, 59.22%
CMYK (approx.): 62.91%, 45.03%, 0.00%, 40.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 10.309, 9.261, 30.524
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 36.483, 12.235, -40.398
WCAG relative luminance: 0.09262
24-bit decimal: 3691415

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #385397 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 2.85:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 7.36:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#977C38 sits half a turn (180°) from #385397 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#385397 #977C38

Analogous

#388397 and #4C3897 sit 30° to either side of #385397. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#388397 #385397 #4C3897

Triadic

#385397, #973853 and #539738 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#385397 #973853 #539738

Split complementary

Start at #385397 and look across the wheel. #974C38 and #839738 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#385397 #974C38 #839738

Square

Starting with #385397, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #973883, #977C38, then #38974C. Across the square, #385397 pairs with #977C38, and #973883 with #38974C.

#385397 #973883 #977C38 #38974C

Tetradic

#385397 and #977C38 are opposites, as are #7C3897 and #539738. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#385397 #7C3897 #977C38 #539738

Tints

Mixing #385397 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6075AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #D7DDEA, the mixture is 80% white.

#385397 #6075AC #8898C1 #AFBAD5 #D7DDEA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #385397 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2D4279, keeps 80% of the original. By #0B111E, the mixture is 80% black.

#385397 #2D4279 #22325B #16213C #0B111E #000000

Tones

Mixing #385397 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #465C92, keeps 80% of the original. By #727785, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#385397 #465C92 #55658E #636E89 #727785 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#385397

RGB

rgb(56 83 151)

HSL

hsl(222.947 45.894% 40.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #385397;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#385397 uses 56 red, 83 green and 151 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 22.0%

Green 32.5%

Blue 59.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #385397 is 62.9% cyan, 45.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 40.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 62.9%

Magenta 45.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 40.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #335599. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #359 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #385397 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #335599 Nearest web-safe: #336699

Gradient to complement

#385397 #485A87 #586177 #686868 #776E58 #877548 #977C38

Color vision previews

Compare how #385397 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#335A9A

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#255296

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00626D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#345798

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2D5396

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2F588A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#565656

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#49547C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.03955 G 0.08650 B 0.30947

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.24239 G 0.32262 B 0.57371

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04788 G 0.08494 B 0.28872

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.206 y 0.185 Y 9.261

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 78.039 M % 67.451 Y % 40.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00111000 01010011 10010111