#272d37

Color #272d37

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.69 Nearest Tailwind class gray-800 #1e2939 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#272d37

RGB

rgb(39, 45, 55)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 17%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 29.1%, 21.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 78.4%)

LAB

lab(18.29, 0.17, -7.26)

LCH

lch(18.29, 7.26, 271.34)

OKLCH

oklch(29.6%, 0.0202, 260.58)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 15.3%, 78.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#373127

Analogous

#273537

#272d37

#292737

Triadic

#272d37

#37272d

#2d3727

Split-complementary

#272d37

#372927

#353727

Tetradic

#272d37

#312737

#373127

#2d3727

Square

#272d37

#372735

#373127

#273729

Shades

Color #272d37 mixed toward black.

#20252e

#1a1e25

#13161b

#0d0f12

#060709

Tints

Color #272d37 mixed toward white.

#444e5f

#616f88

#8593a9

#aeb7c5

#d6dbe2

Tones

Color #272d37 mixed toward gray.

#282d36

#2a2e34

#2b2e33

#2c2e32

#2e2f30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.52:1

White text reads better on this background (13.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a35 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#292934 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#273333 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272d37;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272d37]

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

#272d37 (#272d37) is rgb(39, 45, 55) in RGB.

No, #272d37 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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