#272a22

Color #272a22

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.41 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#272a22

RGB

rgb(39, 42, 34)

HSL

hsl(82.5, 10.5%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(82.5, 19%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 19%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(16.52, -3.2, 4.78)

LCH

lch(16.52, 5.75, 123.8)

OKLCH

oklch(27.9%, 0.015, 124.11)

HWB

hwb(82.5, 13.3%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#25222a

Analogous

#2a2922

#272a22

#232a22

Triadic

#272a22

#22272a

#2a2227

Split-complementary

#272a22

#22232a

#29222a

Tetradic

#272a22

#222a25

#25222a

#2a2227

Square

#272a22

#222a29

#25222a

#2a2223

Shades

Color #272a22 mixed toward black.

#20231c

#1a1c17

#131511

#0d0e0b

#060706

Tints

Color #272a22 mixed toward white.

#4c5242

#717a63

#959e87

#b9beaf

#dcdfd7

Tones

Color #272a22 mixed toward gray.

#272923

#262824

#262725

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282824 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#282825 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#272626 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272a22;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272a22]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#272a22 (#272a22) is rgb(39, 42, 34) in RGB.

No, #272a22 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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