#282a27

Color #282a27

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#282a27

RGB

rgb(40, 42, 39)

HSL

hsl(100, 3.7%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100, 7.1%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(16.77, -1.62, 1.65)

LCH

lch(16.77, 2.31, 134.47)

OKLCH

oklch(28.2%, 0.0061, 135)

HWB

hwb(100, 15.3%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#29272a

Analogous

#2a2a27

#282a27

#272a28

Triadic

#282a27

#27282a

#2a2728

Split-complementary

#282a27

#28272a

#2a272a

Tetradic

#282a27

#272a29

#29272a

#2a2728

Square

#282a27

#272a2a

#29272a

#2a2827

Shades

Color #282a27 mixed toward black.

#212321

#1b1c1a

#141514

#0d0e0d

#070707

Tints

Color #282a27 mixed toward white.

#4b4f49

#6f746c

#929890

#b7bab5

#dbddda

Tones

Color #282a27 mixed toward gray.

#282a27

#282a28

#282928

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.45:1

White text reads better on this background (14.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#292928 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#292928 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#282828 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 2.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282a27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282a27]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#282a27 (#282a27) is rgb(40, 42, 39) in RGB.

No, #282a27 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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