#2C19CD

sRGB · 44 / 25 / 205

#2C19CD belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 44 red, 25 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 246.3° lands in the blue region. Its 78.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.1% 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 (9.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 44, 25, 205
HSL: 246.33°, 78.26%, 45.10%
HSV / HSB: 246.33°, 87.80%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 78.54%, 87.80%, 0.00%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.405, 5.638, 58.194
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 28.480, 61.896, -85.605
WCAG relative luminance: 0.05639
24-bit decimal: 2890189

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 #2C19CD 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 · 2.13:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 9.87:1

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

#BACD19 sits half a turn (180°) from #2C19CD 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.

#2C19CD #BACD19

Analogous

#1960CD and #8619CD sit 30° to either side of #2C19CD. 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.

#1960CD #2C19CD #8619CD

Triadic

#2C19CD, #CD2C19 and #19CD2C are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#2C19CD #CD2C19 #19CD2C

Split complementary

Start at #2C19CD and look across the wheel. #CD8619 and #60CD19 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#2C19CD #CD8619 #60CD19

Square

Starting with #2C19CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CD1960, #BACD19, then #19CD86. Across the square, #2C19CD pairs with #BACD19, and #CD1960 with #19CD86.

#2C19CD #CD1960 #BACD19 #19CD86

Tetradic

#2C19CD and #BACD19 are opposites, as are #CD19BA and #19CD2C. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#2C19CD #CD19BA #BACD19 #19CD2C

Tints

Mixing #2C19CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5647D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #D5D1F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#2C19CD #5647D7 #8075E1 #ABA3EB #D5D1F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #2C19CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2314A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #090529, the mixture is 80% black.

#2C19CD #2314A4 #1A0F7B #120A52 #090529 #000000

Tones

Mixing #2C19CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3D2EBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #6F6B8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#2C19CD #3D2EBE #4E42AE #5E579F #6F6B8F #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

#2C19CD

RGB

rgb(44 25 205)

HSL

hsl(246.333 78.261% 45.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #2C19CD;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#2C19CD uses 44 red, 25 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 17.3%

Green 9.8%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #2C19CD is 78.5% cyan, 87.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 78.5%

Magenta 87.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #3311CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #31C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #2C19CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3300CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #3311CC Nearest web-safe · #3300CC

Gradient to complement

#2C19CD #4437AF #5B5591 #737373 #8B9155 #A2AF37 #BACD19

Color vision previews

Compare how #2C19CD 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.

#004BD2

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.

#003ACA

Tritanopia

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

#005879

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.

#003ECF

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.

#0034CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#0037B4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#434343

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.

#39339C

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 0.02519 G 0.00972 B 0.61050

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 0.16186 G 0.10136 B 0.77172

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.02244 G 0.01023 B 0.55700

CIE xyY

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

x 0.163 y 0.074 Y 5.638

CMY

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

C % 82.745 M % 90.196 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

00101100 00011001 11001101