#262b31

Color #262b31

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#262b31

RGB

rgb(38, 43, 49)

HSL

hsl(212.7, 12.6%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.7, 22.4%, 19.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 80.8%)

LAB

lab(17.28, -0.58, -4.62)

LCH

lch(17.28, 4.66, 262.84)

OKLCH

oklch(28.7%, 0.0131, 253.09)

HWB

hwb(212.7, 14.9%, 80.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#312c26

Analogous

#263131

#262b31

#272631

Triadic

#262b31

#31262b

#2b3126

Split-complementary

#262b31

#312726

#313126

Tetradic

#262b31

#2c2631

#312c26

#2b3126

Square

#262b31

#312631

#312c26

#263127

Shades

Color #262b31 mixed toward black.

#202429

#191d21

#131619

#0d0e10

#060708

Tints

Color #262b31 mixed toward white.

#454e59

#647180

#8894a3

#b0b8c1

#d7dbe0

Tones

Color #262b31 mixed toward gray.

#272b30

#282b2f

#292b2e

#2a2b2d

#2b2c2d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282830 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#28282f · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#262f2e · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #262b31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#262b31]

Related colors

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Light Slate Gray #778899

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#262b31 (#262b31) is rgb(38, 43, 49) in RGB.

No, #262b31 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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