#201A21

sRGB · 32 / 26 / 33

#201A21 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 32 red, 26 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 291.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 11.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 11.6% 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 (17.06:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 32, 26, 33
HSL: 291.43°, 11.86%, 11.57%
HSV / HSB: 291.43°, 21.21%, 12.94%
CMYK (approx.): 3.03%, 21.21%, 0.00%, 87.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 1.240, 1.156, 1.597
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 10.226, 4.646, -3.732
WCAG relative luminance: 0.01156
24-bit decimal: 2103841

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 #201A21 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 · 1.23:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 17.06:1

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

#1B211A sits half a turn (180°) from #201A21 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.

#201A21 #1B211A

Analogous

#1C1A21 and #211A1F sit 30° to either side of #201A21. 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.

#1C1A21 #201A21 #211A1F

Triadic

#201A21, #21201A and #1A2120 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#201A21 #21201A #1A2120

Split complementary

Start at #201A21 and look across the wheel. #1F211A and #1A211C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#201A21 #1F211A #1A211C

Square

Starting with #201A21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #211C1A, #1B211A, then #1A1F21. Across the square, #201A21 pairs with #1B211A, and #211C1A with #1A1F21.

#201A21 #211C1A #1B211A #1A1F21

Tetradic

#201A21 and #1B211A are opposites, as are #211A1B and #1A2120. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#201A21 #211A1B #1B211A #1A2120

Tints

Mixing #201A21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4D484D, keeps 80% of the original. By #D2D1D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#201A21 #4D484D #79767A #A6A3A6 #D2D1D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #201A21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A151A, keeps 80% of the original. By #060507, the mixture is 80% black.

#201A21 #1A151A #131014 #0D0A0D #060507 #000000

Tones

Mixing #201A21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #332E34, keeps 80% of the original. By #6D6C6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#201A21 #332E34 #464347 #5A575A #6D6C6D #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

#201A21

RGB

rgb(32 26 33)

HSL

hsl(291.429 11.864% 11.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #201A21;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#201A21 uses 32 red, 26 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 12.5%

Green 10.2%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #201A21 is 3.0% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 87.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.0%

Magenta 21.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 87.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #222222. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #222 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #201A21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #222222 Nearest web-safe · #333333

Gradient to complement

#201A21 #1F1B20 #1E1C1F #1E1E1E #1D1F1C #1C201B #1B211A

Color vision previews

Compare how #201A21 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.

#191C21

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.

#1B1C21

Tritanopia

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

#201B1C

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.

#1C1B21

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.

#1C1B21

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#201A1F

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.

#1E1B1F

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 0.01033 B 0.01521

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 0.12163 G 0.10282 B 0.12755

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01371 G 0.01047 B 0.01484

CIE xyY

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

x 0.311 y 0.290 Y 1.156

CMY

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

C % 87.451 M % 89.804 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

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

00100000 00011010 00100001