#262526

Color #262526

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark magenta.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.84 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#262526

RGB

rgb(38, 37, 38)

HSL

hsl(300, 1.3%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 2.6%, 14.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(14.82, 0.7, -0.5)

LCH

lch(14.82, 0.86, 324.46)

OKLCH

oklch(26.6%, 0.0023, 325.62)

HWB

hwb(300, 14.5%, 85.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#252625

Analogous

#252526

#262526

#262525

Triadic

#262526

#262625

#252626

Split-complementary

#262526

#252625

Tetradic

#262526

#262525

#252625

#252626

Square

#262526

#262525

#252625

#252526

Shades

Color #262526 mixed toward black.

#201f20

#191919

#131213

#0d0c0d

#060606

Tints

Color #262526 mixed toward white.

#4b494b

#6f6d6f

#949194

#b7b6b7

#dbdadb

Tones

Color #262526 mixed toward gray.

#262526

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262626 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#262626 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#262626 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 1.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #262526;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262526]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#262526 (#262526) is rgb(38, 37, 38) in RGB.

No, #262526 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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