#262a2a

Color #262a2a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.9 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#262a2a

RGB

rgb(38, 42, 42)

HSL

hsl(180, 5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 9.5%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 0%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(16.68, -1.77, -0.61)

LCH

lch(16.68, 1.87, 199.02)

OKLCH

oklch(28.1%, 0.0058, 197.18)

HWB

hwb(180, 14.9%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a2626

Analogous

#262a28

#262a2a

#26282a

Triadic

#262a2a

#2a262a

#2a2a26

Split-complementary

#262a2a

#2a2628

#2a2826

Tetradic

#262a2a

#26262a

#2a2626

#2a2a26

Square

#262a2a

#28262a

#2a2626

#282a26

Shades

Color #262a2a mixed toward black.

#202323

#191c1c

#131515

#0d0e0e

#060707

Tints

Color #262a2a mixed toward white.

#485050

#6a7575

#8e9999

#b4bbbb

#d9dddd

Tones

Color #262a2a mixed toward gray.

#262a2a

#272929

#282828

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28282a · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#28272a · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#262a2a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 2.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #262a2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262a2a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#262a2a (#262a2a) is rgb(38, 42, 42) in RGB.

No, #262a2a 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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