#272c16

Color #272c16

A muted very dark green.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 22.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#272c16

RGB

rgb(39, 44, 22)

HSL

hsl(73.6, 33.3%, 12.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.6, 50%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 50%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(16.94, -6.73, 13.54)

LCH

lch(16.94, 15.12, 116.43)

OKLCH

oklch(28.2%, 0.0379, 119.41)

HWB

hwb(73.6, 8.6%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b162c

Analogous

#2c2616

#272c16

#1c2c16

Triadic

#272c16

#16272c

#2c1627

Split-complementary

#272c16

#161c2c

#26162c

Tetradic

#272c16

#162c1b

#1b162c

#2c1627

Square

#272c16

#162c26

#1b162c

#2c161c

Shades

Color #272c16 mixed toward black.

#202512

#1a1d0f

#13160b

#0d0f07

#060704

Tints

Color #272c16 mixed toward white.

#535d2f

#7e8f47

#a4b56b

#c2ce9c

#e1e6ce

Tones

Color #272c16 mixed toward gray.

#262a18

#25281a

#24261b

#23251d

#22231f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.46:1

White text reads better on this background (14.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29291d · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#29291e · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#272122 · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272c16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272c16]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#272c16 (#272c16) is rgb(39, 44, 22) in RGB.

No, #272c16 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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