#283536

Color #283536

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.37 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#283536

RGB

rgb(40, 53, 54)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 14.9%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 25.9%, 21.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 78.8%)

LAB

lab(21.07, -5.11, -2.41)

LCH

lch(21.07, 5.65, 205.25)

OKLCH

oklch(31.8%, 0.0174, 202.29)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 15.7%, 78.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#362928

Analogous

#283630

#283536

#282e36

Triadic

#283536

#362835

#353628

Split-complementary

#283536

#36282e

#363028

Tetradic

#283536

#292836

#362928

#353628

Square

#283536

#302836

#362928

#2e3628

Shades

Color #283536 mixed toward black.

#212c2d

#1b2324

#141a1b

#0d1212

#070909

Tints

Color #283536 mixed toward white.

#455c5e

#638386

#87a4a6

#afc2c4

#d7e1e1

Tones

Color #283536 mixed toward gray.

#293435

#2a3334

#2b3232

#2d3131

#2e3030

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2e2e36 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#2d2c36 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#293636 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #283536;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#283536]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#283536 (#283536) is rgb(40, 53, 54) in RGB.

No, #283536 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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