#201639

sRGB: 32 / 22 / 57

Distant whispers linger without sound
Fragile reflections blossom beneath falling stars
Fleeting moments reveal unspoken wonders

#201639 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 22 green and 57 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 257.1° lands in the violet region. Its 44.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 15.5% 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 (17.00:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 22, 57
HSL: 257.14°, 44.30%, 15.49%
HSV / HSB: 257.14°, 61.40%, 22.35%
CMYK (approx.): 43.86%, 61.40%, 0.00%, 77.65%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 1.621, 1.176, 4.013
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 10.381, 14.989, -21.066
WCAG relative luminance: 0.01176
24-bit decimal: 2102841

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 #201639 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: 1.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 17.00:1

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

#2F3916 sits half a turn (180°) from #201639 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.

#201639 #2F3916

Analogous

#161E39 and #311639 sit 30° to either side of #201639. 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.

#161E39 #201639 #311639

Triadic

#201639, #392016 and #163920 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#201639 #392016 #163920

Split complementary

Start at #201639 and look across the wheel. #393116 and #1E3916 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#201639 #393116 #1E3916

Square

Starting with #201639, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #39161E, #2F3916, then #163931. Across the square, #201639 pairs with #2F3916, and #39161E with #163931.

#201639 #39161E #2F3916 #163931

Tetradic

#201639 and #2F3916 are opposites, as are #39162F and #163920. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#201639 #39162F #2F3916 #163920

Tints

Mixing #201639 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D4561, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2D0D7, the mixture is 80% white.

#201639 #4D4561 #797388 #A6A2B0 #D2D0D7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #201639 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A122E, keeps 80% of the original. By #06040B, the mixture is 80% black.

#201639 #1A122E #130D22 #0D0917 #06040B #000000

Tones

Mixing #201639 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #332B47, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6B72, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#201639 #332B47 #464055 #5A5664 #6D6B72 #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

#201639

RGB

rgb(32 22 57)

HSL

hsl(257.143 44.304% 15.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #201639;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#201639 uses 32 red, 22 green and 57 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 8.6%

Blue 22.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #201639 is 43.9% cyan, 61.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 77.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 43.9%

Magenta 61.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 77.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #221133. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #213 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #201639 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #221133 Nearest web-safe: #330033

Gradient to complement

#201639 #231C33 #25222D #282828 #2A2D22 #2D331C #2F3916

Color vision previews

Compare how #201639 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.

#071D3A

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.

#091C38

Tritanopia

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

#1A1D24

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.

#131A3A

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.

#131A39

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#1E1933

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#1C1C1C

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.

#1E192D

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 0.00802 B 0.04092

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 0.11941 G 0.08783 B 0.21532

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01330 G 0.00824 B 0.03808

CIE xyY

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

x 0.238 y 0.173 Y 1.176

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 91.373 Y % 77.647

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00010110 00111001