#252626

Color #252626

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 15.07 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#252626

RGB

rgb(37, 38, 38)

HSL

hsl(180, 1.3%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 2.6%, 14.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 0%, 85.1%)

LAB

lab(15.06, -0.46, -0.16)

LCH

lch(15.06, 0.49, 199.18)

OKLCH

oklch(26.8%, 0.0015, 195.95)

HWB

hwb(180, 14.5%, 85.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#262525

Analogous

#252625

#252626

#252526

Triadic

#252626

#262526

#262625

Split-complementary

#252626

#262525

Tetradic

#252626

#252526

#262525

#262625

Square

#252626

#252526

#262525

#252625

Shades

Color #252626 mixed toward black.

#1f2020

#191919

#121313

#0c0d0d

#060606

Tints

Color #252626 mixed toward white.

#494b4b

#6d6f6f

#919494

#b6b7b7

#dadbdb

Tones

Color #252626 mixed toward gray.

#252626

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#252526 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#252526 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#252626 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 0.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #252626;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252626]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#252626 (#252626) is rgb(37, 38, 38) in RGB.

No, #252626 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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