#242628

Color #242628

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.05 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#242628

RGB

rgb(36, 38, 40)

HSL

hsl(210, 5.3%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 10%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 5%, 0%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(15.03, -0.39, -1.64)

LCH

lch(15.03, 1.69, 256.62)

OKLCH

oklch(26.7%, 0.0048, 247.75)

HWB

hwb(210, 14.1%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#282624

Analogous

#242828

#242628

#242428

Triadic

#242628

#282426

#262824

Split-complementary

#242628

#282424

#282824

Tetradic

#242628

#262428

#282624

#262824

Square

#242628

#282428

#282624

#242824

Shades

Color #242628 mixed toward black.

#1e2021

#18191b

#121314

#0c0d0d

#060607

Tints

Color #242628 mixed toward white.

#464a4e

#686e74

#8d9298

#b3b7ba

#d9dbdd

Tones

Color #242628 mixed toward gray.

#242628

#252627

#262626

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252528 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#252527 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#242727 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 1.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #242628;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#242628]

Related colors

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#242628 (#242628) is rgb(36, 38, 40) in RGB.

No, #242628 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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