#2A052D

sRGB: 42 / 5 / 45

#2A052D belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 42 red, 5 green and 45 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 295.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 80.0% saturation makes it strong in color 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 (18.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 42, 5, 45
HSL: 295.50°, 80.00%, 9.80%
HSV / HSB: 295.50°, 88.89%, 17.65%
CMYK (approx.): 6.67%, 88.89%, 0.00%, 82.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 1.483, 0.790, 2.557
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 7.139, 25.197, -17.376
WCAG relative luminance: 0.00790
24-bit decimal: 2753837

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 #2A052D 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: 18.13:1

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

#082D05 sits half a turn (180°) from #2A052D 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.

#2A052D #082D05

Analogous

#16052D and #2D051C sit 30° to either side of #2A052D. 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.

#16052D #2A052D #2D051C

Triadic

#2A052D, #2D2A05 and #052D2A are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2A052D #2D2A05 #052D2A

Split complementary

Start at #2A052D and look across the wheel. #1C2D05 and #052D16 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2A052D #1C2D05 #052D16

Square

Starting with #2A052D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #2D1605, #082D05, then #051C2D. Across the square, #2A052D pairs with #082D05, and #2D1605 with #051C2D.

#2A052D #2D1605 #082D05 #051C2D

Tetradic

#2A052D and #082D05 are opposites, as are #2D0508 and #052D2A. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2A052D #2D0508 #082D05 #052D2A

Tints

Mixing #2A052D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #553757, keeps 80% of the original. By #D4CDD5, the mixture is 80% white.

#2A052D #553757 #7F6981 #AA9BAB #D4CDD5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2A052D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #220424, keeps 80% of the original. By #080109, the mixture is 80% black.

#2A052D #220424 #19031B #110212 #080109 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2A052D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3B1E3E, keeps 80% of the original. By #6F676F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2A052D #3B1E3E #4C364E #5E4F5F #6F676F #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

#2A052D

RGB

rgb(42 5 45)

HSL

hsl(295.500 80.000% 9.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2A052D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2A052D uses 42 red, 5 green and 45 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 16.5%

Green 2.0%

Blue 17.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2A052D is 6.7% cyan, 88.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 82.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.7%

Magenta 88.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 82.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #220033. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #203 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2A052D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #220033 Nearest web-safe: #330033

Gradient to complement

#2A052D #240C26 #1F1220 #191919 #132012 #0E260C #082D05

Color vision previews

Compare how #2A052D 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.

#00132E

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.

#0C172C

Tritanopia

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

#2B0B18

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.

#16102D

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.

#19132C

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#290827

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.

#210F23

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 0.02315 G 0.00152 B 0.02624

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 0.14871 G 0.02889 B 0.16955

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.01931 G 0.00224 B 0.02440

CIE xyY

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

x 0.307 y 0.164 Y 0.790

CMY

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

C % 83.529 M % 98.039 Y % 82.353

Binary RGB

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

00101010 00000101 00101101