#272c3f

Color #272c3f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.94 Nearest Tailwind class slate-800 #1d293d · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#272c3f

RGB

rgb(39, 44, 63)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 23.5%, 20%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 38.1%, 24.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 30.2%, 0%, 75.3%)

LAB

lab(18.33, 3.35, -12.73)

LCH

lch(18.33, 13.16, 284.74)

OKLCH

oklch(29.7%, 0.0353, 272.76)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 15.3%, 75.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f3a27

Analogous

#27383f

#272c3f

#2e273f

Triadic

#272c3f

#3f272c

#2c3f27

Split-complementary

#272c3f

#3f2e27

#383f27

Tetradic

#272c3f

#3a273f

#3f3a27

#2c3f27

Square

#272c3f

#3f2738

#3f3a27

#273f2e

Shades

Color #272c3f mixed toward black.

#212534

#1a1d2a

#14161f

#0d0f15

#07070a

Tints

Color #272c3f mixed toward white.

#414969

#5b6793

#818bb1

#abb2cb

#d5d8e5

Tones

Color #272c3f mixed toward gray.

#292d3d

#2b2e3b

#2d3039

#2f3137

#313235

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.52:1

White text reads better on this background (13.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29293b · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#29293a · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#273837 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272c3f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272c3f]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#272c3f (#272c3f) is rgb(39, 44, 63) in RGB.

No, #272c3f 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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