#152c2a

Color #152c2a

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.25 Nearest Tailwind class teal-950 #022f2e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#152c2a

RGB

rgb(21, 44, 42)

HSL

hsl(174.8, 35.4%, 12.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.8, 52.3%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.3%, 0%, 4.5%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(16.14, -9.67, -1.54)

LCH

lch(16.14, 9.79, 189.05)

OKLCH

oklch(27.4%, 0.0294, 188.41)

HWB

hwb(174.8, 8.2%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c1517

Analogous

#152c1e

#152c2a

#15222c

Triadic

#152c2a

#2a152c

#2c2a15

Split-complementary

#152c2a

#2c1522

#2c1e15

Tetradic

#152c2a

#15172c

#2c1517

#2c2a15

Square

#152c2a

#1e152c

#2c1517

#222c15

Shades

Color #152c2a mixed toward black.

#112523

#0e1d1c

#0a1615

#070f0e

#030707

Tints

Color #152c2a mixed toward white.

#2d5e5a

#45908a

#68b7b0

#9bcfcb

#cde7e5

Tones

Color #152c2a mixed toward gray.

#172a28

#192827

#1b2625

#1d2424

#1e2222

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#21212a · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#201e2b · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#172b2b · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #152c2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#152c2a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#152c2a (#152c2a) is rgb(21, 44, 42) in RGB.

No, #152c2a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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