#282826

Color #282826

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.69 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#282826

RGB

rgb(40, 40, 38)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.6%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 5%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 5%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(16.05, -0.47, 1.32)

LCH

lch(16.05, 1.4, 109.6)

OKLCH

oklch(27.6%, 0.0036, 105.95)

HWB

hwb(60, 14.9%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#262628

Analogous

#282726

#282826

#272826

Triadic

#282826

#262828

#282628

Split-complementary

#282826

#262728

#272628

Tetradic

#282826

#262826

#262628

#282628

Square

#282826

#262827

#262628

#282627

Shades

Color #282826 mixed toward black.

#212120

#1b1b19

#141413

#0d0d0d

#070706

Tints

Color #282826 mixed toward white.

#4d4d49

#72726c

#969690

#b9b9b5

#dcdcda

Tones

Color #282826 mixed toward gray.

#282826

#282827

#272727

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282826 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#282827 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#282727 · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 1.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282826;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282826]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282826 (#282826) is rgb(40, 40, 38) in RGB.

No, #282826 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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