#27272b

Color #27272b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.34 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#27272b

RGB

rgb(39, 39, 43)

HSL

hsl(240, 4.9%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 9.3%, 16.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(15.78, 1, -2.62)

LCH

lch(15.78, 2.8, 290.89)

OKLCH

oklch(27.4%, 0.0073, 285.95)

HWB

hwb(240, 15.3%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b2b27

Analogous

#27292b

#27272b

#29272b

Triadic

#27272b

#2b2727

#272b27

Split-complementary

#27272b

#2b2927

#292b27

Tetradic

#27272b

#2b272b

#2b2b27

#272b27

Square

#27272b

#2b2729

#2b2b27

#272b29

Shades

Color #27272b mixed toward black.

#212124

#1a1a1d

#141416

#0d0d0e

#070707

Tints

Color #27272b mixed toward white.

#494950

#6b6b76

#8f8f99

#b4b4bb

#dadadd

Tones

Color #27272b mixed toward gray.

#27272b

#28282a

#292929

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#27272a · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#27272a · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#272929 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 2.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #27272b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#27272b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#27272b (#27272b) is rgb(39, 39, 43) in RGB.

No, #27272b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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