#200213

sRGB: 32 / 2 / 19

Distant whispers linger without sound
Silent memories tremble in empty gardens
Pale reflections linger beyond yesterday

#200213 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 2 green and 19 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 326.0° lands in the rose region. Its 88.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 6.7% 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 (19.45:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 2, 19
HSL: 326.00°, 88.24%, 6.67%
HSV / HSB: 326.00°, 93.75%, 12.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 93.75%, 40.63%, 87.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 0.735, 0.398, 0.654
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 3.591, 14.625, -3.163
WCAG relative luminance: 0.00398
24-bit decimal: 2097683

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 #200213 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: 1.08:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 19.45:1

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

#02200F sits half a turn (180°) from #200213 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.

#200213 #02200F

Analogous

#1E0220 and #200204 sit 30° to either side of #200213. 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.

#1E0220 #200213 #200204

Triadic

#200213, #132002 and #021320 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#200213 #132002 #021320

Split complementary

Start at #200213 and look across the wheel. #042002 and #02201E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#200213 #042002 #02201E

Square

Starting with #200213, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #201E02, #02200F, then #020420. Across the square, #200213 pairs with #02200F, and #201E02 with #020420.

#200213 #201E02 #02200F #020420

Tetradic

#200213 and #02200F are opposites, as are #200F02 and #021320. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#200213 #200F02 #02200F #021320

Tints

Mixing #200213 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D3542, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2CCD0, the mixture is 80% white.

#200213 #4D3542 #796771 #A69AA1 #D2CCD0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #200213 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A020F, keeps 80% of the original. By #060004, the mixture is 80% black.

#200213 #1A020F #13010B #0D0108 #060004 #000000

Tones

Mixing #200213 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #331B29, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D676A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#200213 #331B29 #46343F #5A4E54 #6D676A #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

#200213

RGB

rgb(32 2 19)

HSL

hsl(326.000 88.235% 6.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #200213;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#200213 uses 32 red, 2 green and 19 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 0.8%

Blue 7.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #200213 is 0.0% cyan, 93.8% magenta, 40.6% yellow and 87.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 93.8%

Yellow 40.6%

Black 87.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #220011. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #201 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #200213 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #220011 Nearest web-safe: #330000

Gradient to complement

#200213 #1B0712 #160C12 #111111 #0C1610 #071B10 #02200F

Color vision previews

Compare how #200213 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.

#050914

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.

#0E0F12

Tritanopia

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

#230108

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.

#120713

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.

#150B12

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#200310

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#0D0D0D

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.

#180810

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 0.00061 B 0.00651

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 0.11200 G 0.01378 B 0.07206

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01199 G 0.00107 B 0.00622

CIE xyY

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

x 0.411 y 0.223 Y 0.398

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 99.216 Y % 92.549

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00000010 00010011