#252527

Color #252527

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#252527

RGB

rgb(37, 37, 39)

HSL

hsl(240, 2.6%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 5.1%, 15.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 84.7%)

LAB

lab(14.75, 0.5, -1.32)

LCH

lch(14.75, 1.41, 290.75)

OKLCH

oklch(26.5%, 0.0036, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 14.5%, 84.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#272725

Analogous

#252627

#252527

#262527

Triadic

#252527

#272525

#252725

Split-complementary

#252527

#272625

#262725

Tetradic

#252527

#272527

#272725

#252725

Square

#252527

#272526

#272725

#252726

Shades

Color #252527 mixed toward black.

#1f1f20

#19191a

#131313

#0c0c0d

#060606

Tints

Color #252527 mixed toward white.

#48484c

#6b6b71

#909095

#b5b5b9

#dadadc

Tones

Color #252527 mixed toward gray.

#252527

#262626

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252527 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#252526 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#252626 · 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: #252527;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252527]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#252527 (#252527) is rgb(37, 37, 39) in RGB.

No, #252527 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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