#28252f

Color #28252f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#28252f

RGB

rgb(40, 37, 47)

HSL

hsl(258, 11.9%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258, 21.3%, 18.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 81.6%)

LAB

lab(15.38, 3.92, -6.05)

LCH

lch(15.38, 7.21, 302.94)

OKLCH

oklch(27.2%, 0.0187, 298.76)

HWB

hwb(258, 14.5%, 81.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2c2f25

Analogous

#25272f

#28252f

#2d252f

Triadic

#28252f

#2f2825

#252f28

Split-complementary

#28252f

#2f2d25

#272f25

Tetradic

#28252f

#2f252c

#2c2f25

#252f28

Square

#28252f

#2f2527

#2c2f25

#252f2d

Shades

Color #28252f mixed toward black.

#211f27

#1b191f

#141318

#0d0c10

#070608

Tints

Color #28252f mixed toward white.

#4a4457

#6c647f

#8f88a1

#b5b0c0

#dad7e0

Tones

Color #28252f mixed toward gray.

#28262e

#29272d

#29282d

#29282c

#2a292b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.4:1

White text reads better on this background (15.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#27272d · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#27272c · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#282b2b · ΔE 8.5

Achromatopsia

#262626 · ΔE 7.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28252f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28252f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#28252f (#28252f) is rgb(40, 37, 47) in RGB.

No, #28252f 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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