#272c35

Color #272c35

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class gray-800 #1e2939 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#272c35

RGB

rgb(39, 44, 53)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 15.2%, 18%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 26.4%, 20.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.4%, 17%, 0%, 79.2%)

LAB

lab(17.87, 0.28, -6.51)

LCH

lch(17.87, 6.52, 272.46)

OKLCH

oklch(29.2%, 0.018, 262.32)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 15.3%, 79.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#353027

Analogous

#273335

#272c35

#292735

Triadic

#272c35

#35272c

#2c3527

Split-complementary

#272c35

#352927

#333527

Tetradic

#272c35

#302735

#353027

#2c3527

Square

#272c35

#352733

#353027

#273529

Shades

Color #272c35 mixed toward black.

#20252c

#1a1d23

#13161a

#0d0f12

#060709

Tints

Color #272c35 mixed toward white.

#444d5d

#626f85

#8792a6

#afb6c4

#d7dbe1

Tones

Color #272c35 mixed toward gray.

#282c34

#292d33

#2a2d31

#2c2d30

#2d2e2f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.5:1

White text reads better on this background (14.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#292933 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#292932 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#273131 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 5.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272c35;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272c35]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#272c35 (#272c35) is rgb(39, 44, 53) in RGB.

No, #272c35 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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