#262521

Color #262521

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.93 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#262521

RGB

rgb(38, 37, 33)

HSL

hsl(48, 7%, 13.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 13.2%, 14.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.2%, 85.1%)

LAB

lab(14.65, -0.46, 2.83)

LCH

lch(14.65, 2.87, 99.23)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.0074, 95.4)

HWB

hwb(48, 12.9%, 85.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#212226

Analogous

#262221

#262521

#242621

Triadic

#262521

#212625

#252126

Split-complementary

#262521

#212426

#222126

Tetradic

#262521

#222621

#212226

#252126

Square

#262521

#212622

#212226

#262124

Shades

Color #262521 mixed toward black.

#201f1b

#191916

#131210

#0d0c0b

#060605

Tints

Color #262521 mixed toward white.

#4d4b43

#747165

#99968a

#bbb9b1

#dddcd8

Tones

Color #262521 mixed toward gray.

#262521

#252422

#242423

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262622 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#262622 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#262323 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 2.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #262521;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262521]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#262521 (#262521) is rgb(38, 37, 33) in RGB.

No, #262521 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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