#26252b

Color #26252b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.96 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#26252b

RGB

rgb(38, 37, 43)

HSL

hsl(250, 7.5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250, 14%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 14%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(15.01, 1.98, -3.79)

LCH

lch(15.01, 4.28, 297.58)

OKLCH

oklch(26.8%, 0.0111, 293.33)

HWB

hwb(250, 14.5%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a2b25

Analogous

#25272b

#26252b

#29252b

Triadic

#26252b

#2b2625

#252b26

Split-complementary

#26252b

#2b2925

#272b25

Tetradic

#26252b

#2b252a

#2a2b25

#252b26

Square

#26252b

#2b2527

#2a2b25

#252b29

Shades

Color #26252b mixed toward black.

#201f24

#19191d

#131316

#0d0c0e

#060607

Tints

Color #26252b mixed toward white.

#484652

#6a6778

#8e8b9c

#b4b2bd

#d9d8de

Tones

Color #26252b mixed toward gray.

#26262b

#27262a

#27272a

#272729

#282829

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.38:1

White text reads better on this background (15.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#26262a · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#262629 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#262928 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #26252b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#26252b]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#26252b (#26252b) is rgb(38, 37, 43) in RGB.

No, #26252b 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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