#2b2b23

Color #2b2b23

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 0.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2b23

RGB

rgb(43, 43, 35)

HSL

hsl(60, 10.3%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 18.6%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.6%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(17.29, -1.77, 5.23)

LCH

lch(17.29, 5.52, 108.7)

OKLCH

oklch(28.6%, 0.0141, 107.28)

HWB

hwb(60, 13.7%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#23232b

Analogous

#2b2723

#2b2b23

#272b23

Triadic

#2b2b23

#232b2b

#2b232b

Split-complementary

#2b2b23

#23272b

#27232b

Tetradic

#2b2b23

#232b23

#23232b

#2b232b

Square

#2b2b23

#232b27

#23232b

#2b2327

Shades

Color #2b2b23 mixed toward black.

#24241d

#1d1d17

#161611

#0e0e0c

#070706

Tints

Color #2b2b23 mixed toward white.

#535343

#7a7a64

#9e9e88

#bebeb0

#dfdfd7

Tones

Color #2b2b23 mixed toward gray.

#2a2a24

#292925

#282826

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.47:1

White text reads better on this background (14.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b25 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#2b2b26 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#2b2727 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#2a2a2a · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2b23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2b23]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2b23 (#2b2b23) is rgb(43, 43, 35) in RGB.

No, #2b2b23 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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