#272a2a

Color #272a2a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.96 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#272a2a

RGB

rgb(39, 42, 42)

HSL

hsl(180, 3.7%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 7.1%, 16.5%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(16.77, -1.34, -0.46)

LCH

lch(16.77, 1.42, 198.95)

OKLCH

oklch(28.2%, 0.0043, 197.59)

HWB

hwb(180, 15.3%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2a2727

Analogous

#272a29

#272a2a

#27292a

Triadic

#272a2a

#2a272a

#2a2a27

Split-complementary

#272a2a

#2a2729

#2a2927

Tetradic

#272a2a

#27272a

#2a2727

#2a2a27

Square

#272a2a

#29272a

#2a2727

#292a27

Shades

Color #272a2a mixed toward black.

#212323

#1a1c1c

#141515

#0d0e0e

#070707

Tints

Color #272a2a mixed toward white.

#494f4f

#6c7474

#909898

#b5baba

#dadddd

Tones

Color #272a2a mixed toward gray.

#272a2a

#282a2a

#282929

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28282a · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#28282a · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#272a2a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272a2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272a2a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#272a2a (#272a2a) is rgb(39, 42, 42) in RGB.

No, #272a2a 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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