#322D21

sRGB: 50 / 45 / 33

#322D21 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 50 red, 45 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 42.4° lands in the orange region. Its 20.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 16.3% 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 (13.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 50, 45, 33
HSL: 42.35°, 20.48%, 16.27%
HSV / HSB: 42.35°, 34.00%, 19.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.00%, 34.00%, 80.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 2.528, 2.665, 1.820
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 18.648, -0.089, 8.604
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02665
24-bit decimal: 3288353

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 #322D21 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: 1.53:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 13.70:1

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

#212632 sits half a turn (180°) from #322D21 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.

#322D21 #212632

Analogous

#322521 and #2E3221 sit 30° to either side of #322D21. 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.

#322521 #322D21 #2E3221

Triadic

#322D21, #21322D and #2D2132 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#322D21 #21322D #2D2132

Split complementary

Start at #322D21 and look across the wheel. #212F32 and #252132 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#322D21 #212F32 #252132

Square

Starting with #322D21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #213225, #212632, then #32212F. Across the square, #322D21 pairs with #212632, and #213225 with #32212F.

#322D21 #213225 #212632 #32212F

Tetradic

#322D21 and #212632 are opposites, as are #263221 and #2D2132. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#322D21 #263221 #212632 #2D2132

Tints

Mixing #322D21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5B574D, keeps 80% of the original. By #D6D5D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#322D21 #5B574D #84817A #ADABA6 #D6D5D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #322D21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #28241A, keeps 80% of the original. By #0A0907, the mixture is 80% black.

#322D21 #28241A #1E1B14 #14120D #0A0907 #000000

Tones

Mixing #322D21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #423E34, keeps 80% of the original. By #706F6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#322D21 #423E34 #514E47 #615F5A #706F6D #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

#322D21

RGB

rgb(50 45 33)

HSL

hsl(42.353 20.482% 16.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #322D21;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#322D21 uses 50 red, 45 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 19.6%

Green 17.6%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #322D21 is 0.0% cyan, 10.0% magenta, 34.0% yellow and 80.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 10.0%

Yellow 34.0%

Black 80.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #333322. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #332 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #322D21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #333322 Nearest web-safe: #333333

Gradient to complement

#322D21 #2F2C24 #2C2B27 #2A2A2A #27282C #24272F #212632

Color vision previews

Compare how #322D21 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.

#302D20

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.

#312E21

Tritanopia

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

#352B2A

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.

#312D21

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.

#312E21

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#322C24

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#2D2D2D

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.

#302D28

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 0.03190 G 0.02624 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 0.19275 G 0.17716 B 0.13478

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.03089 G 0.02643 B 0.01629

CIE xyY

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

x 0.361 y 0.380 Y 2.665

CMY

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

C % 80.392 M % 82.353 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

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

00110010 00101101 00100001