#201213

sRGB · 32 / 18 / 19

#201213 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 18 green and 19 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 355.7° lands in the red region. Its 28.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 9.8% 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 (18.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 18, 19
HSL: 355.71°, 28.00%, 9.80%
HSV / HSB: 355.71°, 43.75%, 12.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 43.75%, 40.63%, 87.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 0.929, 0.787, 0.719
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 7.107, 7.326, 1.970
WCAG relative luminance: 0.00787
24-bit decimal: 2101779

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 #201213 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 · 1.16:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 18.15:1

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. 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

#12201F sits half a turn (180°) from #201213 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.

#201213 #12201F

Analogous

#20121A and #201812 sit 30° to either side of #201213. 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.

#20121A #201213 #201812

Triadic

#201213, #132012 and #121320 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#201213 #132012 #121320

Split complementary

Start at #201213 and look across the wheel. #122018 and #121A20 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#201213 #122018 #121A20

Square

Starting with #201213, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #1A2012, #12201F, then #181220. Across the square, #201213 pairs with #12201F, and #1A2012 with #181220.

#201213 #1A2012 #12201F #181220

Tetradic

#201213 and #12201F are opposites, as are #201F12 and #121320. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#201213 #201F12 #12201F #121320

Tints

Mixing #201213 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D4142, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2D0D0, the mixture is 80% white.

#201213 #4D4142 #797171 #A6A0A1 #D2D0D0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #201213 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A0E0F, keeps 80% of the original. By #060404, the mixture is 80% black.

#201213 #1A0E0F #130B0B #0D0708 #060404 #000000

Tones

Mixing #201213 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #332829, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6A6A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#201213 #332829 #463E3F #5A5454 #6D6A6A #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

#201213

RGB

rgb(32 18 19)

HSL

hsl(355.714 28.000% 9.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #201213;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#201213 uses 32 red, 18 green and 19 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 7.1%

Blue 7.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #201213 is 0.0% cyan, 43.8% 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 43.8%

Yellow 40.6%

Black 87.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #221111. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #211 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #201213 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #221111 Nearest web-safe · #330000

Gradient to complement

#201213 #1E1415 #1B1717 #191919 #171B1B #141E1D #12201F

Color vision previews

Compare how #201213 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.

#141413

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.

#181713

Tritanopia

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

#231112

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.

#191413

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.

#1A1513

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#201213

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#161616

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.

#1B1414

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 0.00605 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 0.11748 G 0.07297 B 0.07535

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01295 G 0.00633 B 0.00661

CIE xyY

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

x 0.382 y 0.323 Y 0.787

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 92.941 Y % 92.549

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00010010 00010011