#2b2c21

Color #2b2c21

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 18.48 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2c21

RGB

rgb(43, 44, 33)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 14.3%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 25%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 25%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(17.57, -2.84, 7.01)

LCH

lch(17.57, 7.56, 112.05)

OKLCH

oklch(28.8%, 0.0193, 111.91)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 12.9%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#22212c

Analogous

#2c2821

#2b2c21

#252c21

Triadic

#2b2c21

#212b2c

#2c212b

Split-complementary

#2b2c21

#21252c

#28212c

Tetradic

#2b2c21

#212c22

#22212c

#2c212b

Square

#2b2c21

#212c28

#22212c

#2c2125

Shades

Color #2b2c21 mixed toward black.

#24251b

#1d1d16

#161610

#0e0f0b

#070705

Tints

Color #2b2c21 mixed toward white.

#535540

#7c7e5f

#9fa283

#bfc1ad

#dfe0d6

Tones

Color #2b2c21 mixed toward gray.

#2a2b22

#2a2a23

#292924

#282825

#272726

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.48:1

White text reads better on this background (14.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b24 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#2b2b25 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#2b2627 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 6.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2c21;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2c21]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2c21 (#2b2c21) is rgb(43, 44, 33) in RGB.

No, #2b2c21 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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