#272829

Color #272829

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#272829

RGB

rgb(39, 40, 41)

HSL

hsl(210, 2.5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 4.9%, 16.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 83.9%)

LAB

lab(16.05, -0.2, -0.81)

LCH

lch(16.05, 0.83, 256.13)

OKLCH

oklch(27.6%, 0.0024, 247.75)

HWB

hwb(210, 15.3%, 83.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#292827

Analogous

#272929

#272829

#272729

Triadic

#272829

#292728

#282927

Split-complementary

#272829

#292727

#292927

Tetradic

#272829

#282729

#292827

#282927

Square

#272829

#292729

#292827

#272927

Shades

Color #272829 mixed toward black.

#212122

#1a1b1b

#141415

#0d0d0e

#070707

Tints

Color #272829 mixed toward white.

#4a4c4e

#6d7072

#919496

#b6b7b9

#dadbdc

Tones

Color #272829 mixed toward gray.

#272829

#282829

#282828

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#272729 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#272729 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#272929 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 0.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272829;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272829]

Related colors

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#272829 (#272829) is rgb(39, 40, 41) in RGB.

No, #272829 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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