#2c262d

Color #2c262d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.17 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-800 #2a212c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2c262d

RGB

rgb(44, 38, 45)

HSL

hsl(291.4, 8.4%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.4, 15.6%, 17.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 82.4%)

LAB

lab(16.06, 4.42, -3.57)

LCH

lch(16.06, 5.68, 321.07)

OKLCH

oklch(27.8%, 0.0153, 321.63)

HWB

hwb(291.4, 14.9%, 82.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#272d26

Analogous

#29262d

#2c262d

#2d262b

Triadic

#2c262d

#2d2c26

#262d2c

Split-complementary

#2c262d

#2b2d26

#262d29

Tetradic

#2c262d

#2d2627

#272d26

#262d2c

Square

#2c262d

#2d2926

#272d26

#262b2d

Shades

Color #2c262d mixed toward black.

#252026

#1d191e

#161317

#0f0d0f

#070608

Tints

Color #2c262d mixed toward white.

#524754

#77677a

#9b8b9d

#bcb2be

#ded8de

Tones

Color #2c262d mixed toward gray.

#2c272c

#2b272c

#2b282b

#2a282b

#2a292a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a292b · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#2a2a2b · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#2c2a2a · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2c262d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2c262d]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#2c262d (#2c262d) is rgb(44, 38, 45) in RGB.

No, #2c262d 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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