#2012CC

sRGB · 32 / 18 / 204

#2012CC belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 18 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 244.5° lands in the blue region. Its 83.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.5% 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 (10.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 18, 204
HSL: 244.52°, 83.78%, 43.53%
HSV / HSB: 244.52°, 91.18%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 84.31%, 91.18%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 11.710, 5.099, 57.496
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 27.015, 63.388, -87.480
WCAG relative luminance: 0.05099
24-bit decimal: 2101964

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 #2012CC 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 · 2.02:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 10.40:1

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

#BECC12 sits half a turn (180°) from #2012CC 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.

#2012CC #BECC12

Analogous

#1261CC and #7D12CC sit 30° to either side of #2012CC. 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.

#1261CC #2012CC #7D12CC

Triadic

#2012CC, #CC2012 and #12CC20 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2012CC #CC2012 #12CC20

Split complementary

Start at #2012CC and look across the wheel. #CC7D12 and #61CC12 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2012CC #CC7D12 #61CC12

Square

Starting with #2012CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC1261, #BECC12, then #12CC7D. Across the square, #2012CC pairs with #BECC12, and #CC1261 with #12CC7D.

#2012CC #CC1261 #BECC12 #12CC7D

Tetradic

#2012CC and #BECC12 are opposites, as are #CC12BE and #12CC20. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2012CC #CC12BE #BECC12 #12CC20

Tints

Mixing #2012CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D41D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2D0F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#2012CC #4D41D6 #7971E0 #A6A0EB #D2D0F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2012CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A0EA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #060429, the mixture is 80% black.

#2012CC #1A0EA3 #130B7A #0D0752 #060429 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2012CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3328BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6A8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2012CC #3328BD #463EAE #5A549E #6D6A8F #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

#2012CC

RGB

rgb(32 18 204)

HSL

hsl(244.516 83.784% 43.529%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2012CC;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2012CC uses 32 red, 18 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 7.1%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2012CC is 84.3% cyan, 91.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 84.3%

Magenta 91.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2211CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #21C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2012CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3300CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #2211CC Nearest web-safe · #3300CC

Gradient to complement

#2012CC #3A31AD #55508E #6F6F6F #898E50 #A4AD31 #BECC12

Color vision previews

Compare how #2012CC 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.

#0049D1

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.

#0036C9

Tritanopia

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

#005678

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.

#003BCE

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.

#0030CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#0034B3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#404040

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.

#332F9B

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 0.60383

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 0.76768

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01295 G 0.00633 B 0.55048

CIE xyY

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

x 0.158 y 0.069 Y 5.099

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 92.941 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00010010 11001100