#27252b

Color #27252b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.08 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#27252b

RGB

rgb(39, 37, 43)

HSL

hsl(260, 7.5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 14%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 14%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(15.11, 2.42, -3.62)

LCH

lch(15.11, 4.35, 303.76)

OKLCH

oklch(26.9%, 0.0113, 300.88)

HWB

hwb(260, 14.5%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#292b25

Analogous

#25262b

#27252b

#2a252b

Triadic

#27252b

#2b2725

#252b27

Split-complementary

#27252b

#2b2a25

#262b25

Tetradic

#27252b

#2b2529

#292b25

#252b27

Square

#27252b

#2b2526

#292b25

#252b2a

Shades

Color #27252b mixed toward black.

#211f24

#1a191d

#141316

#0d0c0e

#070607

Tints

Color #27252b mixed toward white.

#4a4652

#6d6778

#918b9c

#b6b2bd

#dad8de

Tones

Color #27252b mixed toward gray.

#27262b

#27262a

#28272a

#282729

#282829

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.39:1

White text reads better on this background (15.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#26262a · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#262629 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#272928 · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #27252b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#27252b]

Related colors

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Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#27252b (#27252b) is rgb(39, 37, 43) in RGB.

No, #27252b 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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