#242f3a

Color #242f3a

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class gray-800 #1e2939 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#242f3a

RGB

rgb(36, 47, 58)

HSL

hsl(210, 23.4%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 37.9%, 22.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 19%, 0%, 77.3%)

LAB

lab(18.86, -1.4, -8.5)

LCH

lch(18.86, 8.61, 260.65)

OKLCH

oklch(30%, 0.0251, 248.75)

HWB

hwb(210, 14.1%, 77.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a2f24

Analogous

#243a3a

#242f3a

#24243a

Triadic

#242f3a

#3a242f

#2f3a24

Split-complementary

#242f3a

#3a2424

#3a3a24

Tetradic

#242f3a

#2f243a

#3a2f24

#2f3a24

Square

#242f3a

#3a243a

#3a2f24

#243a24

Shades

Color #242f3a mixed toward black.

#1e2730

#181f27

#12171d

#0c1013

#06080a

Tints

Color #242f3a mixed toward white.

#3f5265

#59748f

#7f97af

#a9baca

#d4dce4

Tones

Color #242f3a mixed toward gray.

#262f38

#282f36

#292f34

#2b2f33

#2d2f31

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.54:1

White text reads better on this background (13.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#292938 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#282837 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#253635 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#2e2e2e · ΔE 7.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #242f3a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#242f3a]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#242f3a (#242f3a) is rgb(36, 47, 58) in RGB.

No, #242f3a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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