#212424

Color #212424

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 13.98 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#212424

RGB

rgb(33, 36, 36)

HSL

hsl(180, 4.3%, 13.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 8.3%, 14.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 0%, 85.9%)

LAB

lab(13.9, -1.37, -0.47)

LCH

lch(13.9, 1.45, 198.94)

OKLCH

oklch(25.7%, 0.0044, 197.2)

HWB

hwb(180, 12.9%, 85.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#242121

Analogous

#212422

#212424

#212224

Triadic

#212424

#242124

#242421

Split-complementary

#212424

#242122

#242221

Tetradic

#212424

#212124

#242121

#242421

Square

#212424

#222124

#242121

#222421

Shades

Color #212424 mixed toward black.

#1b1e1e

#161818

#101212

#0b0c0c

#050606

Tints

Color #212424 mixed toward white.

#444a4a

#677171

#8c9595

#b2b9b9

#d9dcdc

Tones

Color #212424 mixed toward gray.

#212424

#212323

#222323

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.34:1

White text reads better on this background (15.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#222224 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#222224 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#212424 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#232323 · ΔE 2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #212424;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#212424]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#212424 (#212424) is rgb(33, 36, 36) in RGB.

No, #212424 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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