#2017EE

sRGB: 32 / 23 / 238

Distant whispers linger without sound
Fragile reflections unfold through ancient forests
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#2017EE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 23 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 242.5° lands in the blue region. Its 86.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.2% 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 (8.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 23, 238
HSL: 242.51°, 86.35%, 51.18%
HSV / HSB: 242.51°, 90.34%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 86.55%, 90.34%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.333, 7.092, 81.400
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 32.016, 71.015, -98.718
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07093
24-bit decimal: 2103278

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 #2017EE 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: 2.42:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 8.68:1

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

#E5EE17 sits half a turn (180°) from #2017EE 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.

#2017EE #E5EE17

Analogous

#177AEE and #8B17EE sit 30° to either side of #2017EE. 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.

#177AEE #2017EE #8B17EE

Triadic

#2017EE, #EE2017 and #17EE20 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2017EE #EE2017 #17EE20

Split complementary

Start at #2017EE and look across the wheel. #EE8B17 and #7AEE17 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2017EE #EE8B17 #7AEE17

Square

Starting with #2017EE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EE177A, #E5EE17, then #17EE8B. Across the square, #2017EE pairs with #E5EE17, and #EE177A with #17EE8B.

#2017EE #EE177A #E5EE17 #17EE8B

Tetradic

#2017EE and #E5EE17 are opposites, as are #EE17E5 and #17EE20. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2017EE #EE17E5 #E5EE17 #17EE20

Tints

Mixing #2017EE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D45F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2D1FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#2017EE #4D45F1 #7974F5 #A6A2F8 #D2D1FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2017EE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A12BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #060530, the mixture is 80% black.

#2017EE #1A12BE #130E8F #0D095F #060530 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2017EE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #332CD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6B96, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2017EE #332CD8 #4641C2 #5A56AC #6D6B96 #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

#2017EE

RGB

rgb(32 23 238)

HSL

hsl(242.512 86.345% 51.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2017EE;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2017EE uses 32 red, 23 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 9.0%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2017EE is 86.6% cyan, 90.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 86.6%

Magenta 90.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2211EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #21E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2017EE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3300FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #2211EE Nearest web-safe: #3300FF

Gradient to complement

#2017EE #413BCA #625FA6 #838383 #A3A65F #C4CA3B #E5EE17

Color vision previews

Compare how #2017EE 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.

#0056F3

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.

#003FEB

Tritanopia

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

#00668D

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.

#0046F1

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.

#0039EC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#003ED1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#4B4B4B

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.

#3A38B5

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 0.00857 B 0.85499

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 0.11994 G 0.09156 B 0.89592

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01340 G 0.00876 B 0.77935

CIE xyY

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

x 0.156 y 0.068 Y 7.092

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 90.980 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00010111 11101110