#28282b

Color #28282b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 0.3

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Conversions

HEX

#28282b

RGB

rgb(40, 40, 43)

HSL

hsl(240, 3.6%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 7%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 7%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(16.22, 0.74, -1.96)

LCH

lch(16.22, 2.1, 290.68)

OKLCH

oklch(27.8%, 0.0054, 286.09)

HWB

hwb(240, 15.7%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b2b28

Analogous

#282a2b

#28282b

#2a282b

Triadic

#28282b

#2b2828

#282b28

Split-complementary

#28282b

#2b2a28

#2a2b28

Tetradic

#28282b

#2b282b

#2b2b28

#282b28

Square

#28282b

#2b282a

#2b2b28

#282b2a

Shades

Color #28282b mixed toward black.

#212124

#1b1b1d

#141416

#0d0d0e

#070707

Tints

Color #28282b mixed toward white.

#4a4a50

#6d6d75

#909098

#b5b5ba

#dadadd

Tones

Color #28282b mixed toward gray.

#28282b

#29292b

#29292a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28282a · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#28282a · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#282a2a · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 2.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28282b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28282b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#28282b (#28282b) is rgb(40, 40, 43) in RGB.

No, #28282b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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