#252729

Color #252729

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.63 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#252729

RGB

rgb(37, 39, 41)

HSL

hsl(210, 5.1%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 9.8%, 16.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 83.9%)

LAB

lab(15.51, -0.39, -1.63)

LCH

lch(15.51, 1.68, 256.54)

OKLCH

oklch(27.2%, 0.0048, 247.75)

HWB

hwb(210, 14.5%, 83.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#292725

Analogous

#252929

#252729

#252529

Triadic

#252729

#292527

#272925

Split-complementary

#252729

#292525

#292925

Tetradic

#252729

#272529

#292725

#272925

Square

#252729

#292529

#292725

#252925

Shades

Color #252729 mixed toward black.

#1f2122

#191a1b

#131415

#0c0d0e

#060707

Tints

Color #252729 mixed toward white.

#474b4f

#696f75

#8d9399

#b3b7bb

#d9dbdd

Tones

Color #252729 mixed toward gray.

#252729

#262728

#272727

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.4:1

White text reads better on this background (14.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262629 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#262628 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#252828 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 1.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #252729;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252729]

Related colors

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#252729 (#252729) is rgb(37, 39, 41) in RGB.

No, #252729 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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