#2b2c24

Color #2b2c24

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2c24

RGB

rgb(43, 44, 36)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 10%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 18.2%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 18.2%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(17.66, -2.24, 5.05)

LCH

lch(17.66, 5.52, 113.92)

OKLCH

oklch(28.9%, 0.0142, 113.3)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 14.1%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#25242c

Analogous

#2c2924

#2b2c24

#272c24

Triadic

#2b2c24

#242b2c

#2c242b

Split-complementary

#2b2c24

#24272c

#29242c

Tetradic

#2b2c24

#242c25

#25242c

#2c242b

Square

#2b2c24

#242c29

#25242c

#2c2427

Shades

Color #2b2c24 mixed toward black.

#24251e

#1d1d18

#161612

#0e0f0c

#070706

Tints

Color #2b2c24 mixed toward white.

#525344

#787b65

#9c9e89

#bdbfb0

#dedfd8

Tones

Color #2b2c24 mixed toward gray.

#2b2b25

#2a2b25

#2a2a26

#292927

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b26 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#2b2b27 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#2b2828 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 5.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2c24;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2c24]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2c24 (#2b2c24) is rgb(43, 44, 36) in RGB.

No, #2b2c24 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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