#282424

Color #282424

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 14.76 Nearest Tailwind class stone-800 #292524 · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#282424

RGB

rgb(40, 36, 36)

HSL

hsl(0, 5.3%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 10%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10%, 10%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(14.63, 1.87, 0.68)

LCH

lch(14.63, 1.99, 19.98)

OKLCH

oklch(26.5%, 0.006, 17.53)

HWB

hwb(0, 14.1%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#242828

Analogous

#282426

#282424

#282624

Triadic

#282424

#242824

#242428

Split-complementary

#282424

#242826

#242628

Tetradic

#282424

#282824

#242828

#242428

Square

#282424

#262824

#242828

#262428

Shades

Color #282424 mixed toward black.

#211e1e

#1b1818

#141212

#0d0c0c

#070606

Tints

Color #282424 mixed toward white.

#4e4646

#746868

#988d8d

#bab3b3

#ddd9d9

Tones

Color #282424 mixed toward gray.

#282424

#272525

#262626

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#262624 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#272724 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#282424 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 2.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #282424;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282424]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#282424 (#282424) is rgb(40, 36, 36) in RGB.

No, #282424 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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