#2005FF

sRGB: 32 / 5 / 255

Distant whispers linger without sound
Silent memories wander across quiet meadows
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#2005FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 5 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 246.5° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.0% 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 (8.31:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 5, 255
HSL: 246.48°, 100.00%, 50.98%
HSV / HSB: 246.48°, 98.04%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 87.45%, 98.04%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 18.698, 7.635, 95.099
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 33.211, 78.683, -106.318
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07636
24-bit decimal: 2098687

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 #2005FF 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: 2.53:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 8.31:1

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

#E4FF05 sits half a turn (180°) from #2005FF 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.

#2005FF #E4FF05

Analogous

#0567FF and #9D05FF sit 30° to either side of #2005FF. 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.

#0567FF #2005FF #9D05FF

Triadic

#2005FF, #FF2005 and #05FF20 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2005FF #FF2005 #05FF20

Split complementary

Start at #2005FF and look across the wheel. #FF9D05 and #67FF05 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2005FF #FF9D05 #67FF05

Square

Starting with #2005FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF0567, #E4FF05, then #05FF9D. Across the square, #2005FF pairs with #E4FF05, and #FF0567 with #05FF9D.

#2005FF #FF0567 #E4FF05 #05FF9D

Tetradic

#2005FF and #E4FF05 are opposites, as are #FF05E4 and #05FF20. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2005FF #FF05E4 #E4FF05 #05FF20

Tints

Mixing #2005FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D37FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2CDFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#2005FF #4D37FF #7969FF #A69BFF #D2CDFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2005FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A04CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #060133, the mixture is 80% black.

#2005FF #1A04CC #130399 #0D0266 #060133 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2005FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #331EE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6799, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2005FF #331EE6 #4636CC #5A4FB3 #6D6799 #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

#2005FF

RGB

rgb(32 5 255)

HSL

hsl(246.480 100.000% 50.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2005FF;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2005FF uses 32 red, 5 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 2.0%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2005FF is 87.5% cyan, 98.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 87.5%

Magenta 98.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2200FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #20F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2005FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3300FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #2200FF Nearest web-safe: #3300FF

Gradient to complement

#2005FF #412FD5 #6158AC #828282 #A3AC58 #C3D52F #E4FF05

Color vision previews

Compare how #2005FF 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.

#005AFF

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.

#0041FB

Tritanopia

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

#006B96

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.

#0047FF

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.

#0039FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#003FE0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#4E4E4E

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.

#3C38C2

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 0.00152 B 1.00000

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 0.11294 G 0.02515 B 0.95975

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01215 G 0.00195 B 0.91088

CIE xyY

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

x 0.154 y 0.063 Y 7.635

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 98.039 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00000101 11111111