#252523

Color #252523

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#252523

RGB

rgb(37, 37, 35)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.8%, 14.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5.4%, 14.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.4%, 85.5%)

LAB

lab(14.61, -0.48, 1.33)

LCH

lch(14.61, 1.41, 109.84)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.0036, 105.95)

HWB

hwb(60, 13.7%, 85.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#232325

Analogous

#252423

#252523

#242523

Triadic

#252523

#232525

#252325

Split-complementary

#252523

#232425

#242325

Tetradic

#252523

#232523

#232325

#252325

Square

#252523

#232524

#232325

#252324

Shades

Color #252523 mixed toward black.

#1f1f1d

#191917

#121211

#0c0c0c

#060606

Tints

Color #252523 mixed toward white.

#4a4a46

#70706a

#95958e

#b8b8b4

#dcdcd9

Tones

Color #252523 mixed toward gray.

#252523

#242423

#242424

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252523 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#252524 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#252424 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 1.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #252523;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252523]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#252523 (#252523) is rgb(37, 37, 35) in RGB.

No, #252523 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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