#2a282b

Color #2a282b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.38 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2a282b

RGB

rgb(42, 40, 43)

HSL

hsl(280, 3.6%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 7%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 7%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(16.43, 1.63, -1.64)

LCH

lch(16.43, 2.31, 314.82)

OKLCH

oklch(28%, 0.0061, 315)

HWB

hwb(280, 15.7%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#292b28

Analogous

#29282b

#2a282b

#2b282b

Triadic

#2a282b

#2b2a28

#282b2a

Split-complementary

#2a282b

#2b2b28

#282b29

Tetradic

#2a282b

#2b2829

#292b28

#282b2a

Square

#2a282b

#2b2928

#292b28

#282b2b

Shades

Color #2a282b mixed toward black.

#232124

#1c1b1d

#151416

#0e0d0e

#070707

Tints

Color #2a282b mixed toward white.

#4e4a50

#726d75

#969098

#b9b5ba

#dcdadd

Tones

Color #2a282b mixed toward gray.

#2a282b

#2a292b

#2a292a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29292a · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#29292a · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 2.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a282b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a282b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#2a282b (#2a282b) is rgb(42, 40, 43) in RGB.

No, #2a282b 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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