#272424

Color #272424

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class stone-800 #292524 · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#272424

RGB

rgb(39, 36, 36)

HSL

hsl(0, 4%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 7.7%, 15.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 7.7%, 84.7%)

LAB

lab(14.52, 1.4, 0.5)

LCH

lch(14.52, 1.49, 19.65)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.0045, 16.82)

HWB

hwb(0, 14.1%, 84.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#242727

Analogous

#272425

#272424

#272524

Triadic

#272424

#242724

#242427

Split-complementary

#272424

#242725

#242527

Tetradic

#272424

#272724

#242727

#242427

Square

#272424

#252724

#242727

#252427

Shades

Color #272424 mixed toward black.

#201e1e

#1a1818

#131212

#0d0c0c

#060606

Tints

Color #272424 mixed toward white.

#4d4747

#726a6a

#978e8e

#b9b4b4

#dcd9d9

Tones

Color #272424 mixed toward gray.

#272424

#262424

#262525

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.36:1

White text reads better on this background (15.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262624 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#262624 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#272424 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 2.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272424;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272424]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#272424 (#272424) is rgb(39, 36, 36) in RGB.

No, #272424 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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