#262828

Color #262828

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.82 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#262828

RGB

rgb(38, 40, 40)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.6%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5%, 0%, 0%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(15.92, -0.9, -0.31)

LCH

lch(15.92, 0.95, 199.01)

OKLCH

oklch(27.5%, 0.0029, 195.95)

HWB

hwb(180, 14.9%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#282626

Analogous

#262827

#262828

#262728

Triadic

#262828

#282628

#282826

Split-complementary

#262828

#282627

#282726

Tetradic

#262828

#262628

#282626

#282826

Square

#262828

#272628

#282626

#272826

Shades

Color #262828 mixed toward black.

#202121

#191b1b

#131414

#0d0d0d

#060707

Tints

Color #262828 mixed toward white.

#494d4d

#6c7272

#909696

#b5b9b9

#dadcdc

Tones

Color #262828 mixed toward gray.

#262828

#272828

#272727

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#272728 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#272728 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#262828 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 1.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #262828;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262828]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#262828 (#262828) is rgb(38, 40, 40) in RGB.

No, #262828 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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