#292831

Color #292831

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#292831

RGB

rgb(41, 40, 49)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 10.1%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 18.4%, 19.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 80.8%)

LAB

lab(16.56, 2.76, -5.68)

LCH

lch(16.56, 6.32, 295.92)

OKLCH

oklch(28.2%, 0.0164, 290.31)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 15.7%, 80.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#303128

Analogous

#282c31

#292831

#2e2831

Triadic

#292831

#312928

#283129

Split-complementary

#292831

#312e28

#2c3128

Tetradic

#292831

#312830

#303128

#283129

Square

#292831

#31282c

#303128

#28312e

Shades

Color #292831 mixed toward black.

#222129

#1b1b21

#151419

#0e0d10

#070708

Tints

Color #292831 mixed toward white.

#494858

#6a677e

#8e8ba0

#b3b2c0

#d9d8df

Tones

Color #292831 mixed toward gray.

#2a2930

#2a2a30

#2b2a2f

#2b2b2e

#2c2c2d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29292f · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#29292e · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#292d2d · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #292831;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#292831]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#292831 (#292831) is rgb(41, 40, 49) in RGB.

No, #292831 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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