#2B052D

sRGB · 43 / 5 / 45

#2B052D belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 43 red, 5 green and 45 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.0° 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 (18.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 43, 5, 45
HSL: 297.00°, 80.00%, 9.80%
HSV / HSB: 297.00°, 88.89%, 17.65%
CMYK (approx.): 4.44%, 88.89%, 0.00%, 82.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 1.524, 0.812, 2.559
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 7.332, 25.518, -17.058
WCAG relative luminance: 0.00812
24-bit decimal: 2819373

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 #2B052D 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 · 18.07:1

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

#072D05 sits half a turn (180°) from #2B052D 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.

#2B052D #072D05

Analogous

#17052D and #2D051B sit 30° to either side of #2B052D. 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.

#17052D #2B052D #2D051B

Triadic

#2B052D, #2D2B05 and #052D2B are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2B052D #2D2B05 #052D2B

Split complementary

Start at #2B052D and look across the wheel. #1B2D05 and #052D17 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2B052D #1B2D05 #052D17

Square

Starting with #2B052D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #2D1705, #072D05, then #051B2D. Across the square, #2B052D pairs with #072D05, and #2D1705 with #051B2D.

#2B052D #2D1705 #072D05 #051B2D

Tetradic

#2B052D and #072D05 are opposites, as are #2D0507 and #052D2B. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2B052D #2D0507 #072D05 #052D2B

Tints

Mixing #2B052D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #553757, keeps 80% of the original. By #D5CDD5, the mixture is 80% white.

#2B052D #553757 #806981 #AA9BAB #D5CDD5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2B052D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #220424, keeps 80% of the original. By #090109, the mixture is 80% black.

#2B052D #220424 #1A031B #110212 #090109 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2B052D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3C1E3E, keeps 80% of the original. By #6F676F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2B052D #3C1E3E #4D364E #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

#2B052D

RGB

rgb(43 5 45)

HSL

hsl(297.000 80.000% 9.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2B052D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2B052D uses 43 red, 5 green and 45 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 16.9%

Green 2.0%

Blue 17.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2B052D is 4.4% 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 4.4%

Magenta 88.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 82.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #330033. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #303 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2B052D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #330033 Nearest web-safe · #330033

Gradient to complement

#2B052D #250C26 #1F1220 #191919 #132012 #0D260C #072D05

Color vision previews

Compare how #2B052D 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.

#0D182C

Tritanopia

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

#2C0B18

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.

#17102D

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.

#1A132C

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#2A0827

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.

#220F23

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 0.02416 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 0.15230 G 0.02932 B 0.16962

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.02014 G 0.00227 B 0.02442

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 0.166 Y 0.812

CMY

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

C % 83.137 M % 98.039 Y % 82.353

Binary RGB

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

00101011 00000101 00101101