#2000A5

sRGB: 32 / 0 / 165

#2000A5 belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 0 green and 165 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 251.6° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 32.4% 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 (13.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 0, 165
HSL: 251.64°, 100.00%, 32.35%
HSV / HSB: 251.64°, 100.00%, 64.71%
CMYK (approx.): 80.61%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 35.29%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.386, 3.023, 35.793
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 20.138, 57.607, -75.715
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03024
24-bit decimal: 2097317

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 #2000A5 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: 1.60:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 13.09:1

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

#85A500 sits half a turn (180°) from #2000A5 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.

#2000A5 #85A500

Analogous

#0033A5 and #7200A5 sit 30° to either side of #2000A5. 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.

#0033A5 #2000A5 #7200A5

Triadic

#2000A5, #A52000 and #00A520 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2000A5 #A52000 #00A520

Split complementary

Start at #2000A5 and look across the wheel. #A57200 and #33A500 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2000A5 #A57200 #33A500

Square

Starting with #2000A5, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A50033, #85A500, then #00A572. Across the square, #2000A5 pairs with #85A500, and #A50033 with #00A572.

#2000A5 #A50033 #85A500 #00A572

Tetradic

#2000A5 and #85A500 are opposites, as are #A50085 and #00A520. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2000A5 #A50085 #85A500 #00A520

Tints

Mixing #2000A5 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D33B7, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2CCED, the mixture is 80% white.

#2000A5 #4D33B7 #7966C9 #A699DB #D2CCED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2000A5 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A0084, keeps 80% of the original. By #060021, the mixture is 80% black.

#2000A5 #1A0084 #130063 #0D0042 #060021 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2000A5 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #331A9E, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2000A5 #331A9E #463396 #5A4D8F #6D6687 #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

#2000A5

RGB

rgb(32 0 165)

HSL

hsl(251.636 100.000% 32.353%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2000A5;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2000A5 uses 32 red, 0 green and 165 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 64.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2000A5 is 80.6% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 35.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 80.6%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 35.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2200AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #20A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2000A5 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #2200AA Nearest web-safe: #330099

Gradient to complement

#2000A5 #311C8A #42376E #535353 #636E37 #748A1C #85A500

Color vision previews

Compare how #2000A5 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.

#0038A9

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.

#0029A3

Tritanopia

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

#00425F

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.

#002BA7

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.

#0022A4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#002490

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#313131

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.

#29217C

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 0.01444 G 0.00000 B 0.37626

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 0.11137 G 0.00619 B 0.62037

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01188 G 0.00048 B 0.34284

CIE xyY

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

x 0.160 y 0.065 Y 3.023

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 100.000 Y % 35.294

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00000000 10100101