#242e2e

Color #242e2e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#242e2e

RGB

rgb(36, 46, 46)

HSL

hsl(180, 12.2%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 21.7%, 18%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 0%, 82%)

LAB

lab(18.04, -4.27, -1.43)

LCH

lch(18.04, 4.5, 198.52)

OKLCH

oklch(29.2%, 0.0138, 196.46)

HWB

hwb(180, 14.1%, 82%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e2424

Analogous

#242e29

#242e2e

#24292e

Triadic

#242e2e

#2e242e

#2e2e24

Split-complementary

#242e2e

#2e2429

#2e2924

Tetradic

#242e2e

#24242e

#2e2424

#2e2e24

Square

#242e2e

#29242e

#2e2424

#292e24

Shades

Color #242e2e mixed toward black.

#1e2626

#181f1f

#121717

#0c0f0f

#060808

Tints

Color #242e2e mixed toward white.

#435656

#637e7e

#87a1a1

#afc0c0

#d7e0e0

Tones

Color #242e2e mixed toward gray.

#252d2d

#262c2c

#272c2c

#272b2b

#282a2a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29292e · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#28272e · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#252e2e · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 5.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #242e2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#242e2e]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#242e2e (#242e2e) is rgb(36, 46, 46) in RGB.

No, #242e2e 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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