#253938

Color #253938

A muted very dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#253938

RGB

rgb(37, 57, 56)

HSL

hsl(177, 21.3%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177, 35.1%, 22.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 77.6%)

LAB

lab(22.32, -8.22, -1.94)

LCH

lch(22.32, 8.45, 193.28)

OKLCH

oklch(32.7%, 0.0257, 192.14)

HWB

hwb(177, 14.5%, 77.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#392526

Analogous

#25392e

#253938

#253039

Triadic

#253938

#382539

#393825

Split-complementary

#253938

#392530

#392e25

Tetradic

#253938

#252639

#392526

#393825

Square

#253938

#2e2539

#392526

#303925

Shades

Color #253938 mixed toward black.

#1f2f2f

#192625

#121c1c

#0c1313

#060909

Tints

Color #253938 mixed toward white.

#406361

#5c8d8b

#81adab

#abc8c7

#d5e4e3

Tones

Color #253938 mixed toward gray.

#273736

#283635

#2a3433

#2c3232

#2d3130

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.72:1

White text reads better on this background (12.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2f2f38 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#2e2c38 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#263838 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#353535 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #253938;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#253938]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#253938 (#253938) is rgb(37, 57, 56) in RGB.

No, #253938 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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