#272b2b

Color #272b2b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#272b2b

RGB

rgb(39, 43, 43)

HSL

hsl(180, 4.9%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 9.3%, 16.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(17.15, -1.77, -0.61)

LCH

lch(17.15, 1.87, 199.02)

OKLCH

oklch(28.5%, 0.0058, 197.18)

HWB

hwb(180, 15.3%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b2727

Analogous

#272b29

#272b2b

#27292b

Triadic

#272b2b

#2b272b

#2b2b27

Split-complementary

#272b2b

#2b2729

#2b2927

Tetradic

#272b2b

#27272b

#2b2727

#2b2b27

Square

#272b2b

#29272b

#2b2727

#292b27

Shades

Color #272b2b mixed toward black.

#212424

#1a1d1d

#141616

#0d0e0e

#070707

Tints

Color #272b2b mixed toward white.

#495050

#6b7676

#8f9999

#b4bbbb

#dadddd

Tones

Color #272b2b mixed toward gray.

#272b2b

#282a2a

#292929

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29292b · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#29282b · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#272b2b · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 2.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272b2b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272b2b]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#272b2b (#272b2b) is rgb(39, 43, 43) in RGB.

No, #272b2b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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