#2a3030

Color #2a3030

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2a3030

RGB

rgb(42, 48, 48)

HSL

hsl(180, 6.7%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 12.5%, 18.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 0%, 81.2%)

LAB

lab(19.31, -2.59, -0.89)

LCH

lch(19.31, 2.74, 198.96)

OKLCH

oklch(30.3%, 0.0084, 196.7)

HWB

hwb(180, 16.5%, 81.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#302a2a

Analogous

#2a302d

#2a3030

#2a2d30

Triadic

#2a3030

#302a30

#30302a

Split-complementary

#2a3030

#302a2d

#302d2a

Tetradic

#2a3030

#2a2a30

#302a2a

#30302a

Square

#2a3030

#2d2a30

#302a2a

#2d302a

Shades

Color #2a3030 mixed toward black.

#232828

#1c2020

#151818

#0e1010

#070808

Tints

Color #2a3030 mixed toward white.

#4b5555

#6b7b7b

#8f9d9d

#b4bebe

#dadede

Tones

Color #2a3030 mixed toward gray.

#2a2f2f

#2b2f2f

#2b2e2e

#2c2e2e

#2c2d2d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.56:1

White text reads better on this background (13.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2d2d30 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#2c2c30 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#2a3030 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#2f2f2f · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a3030;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a3030]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#2a3030 (#2a3030) is rgb(42, 48, 48) in RGB.

No, #2a3030 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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