#2e3837

Color #2e3837

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.3 Nearest Tailwind class mist-700 #394447 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2e3837

RGB

rgb(46, 56, 55)

HSL

hsl(174, 9.8%, 20%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 17.9%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 1.8%, 78%)

LAB

lab(22.6, -4.43, -0.78)

LCH

lch(22.6, 4.5, 189.99)

OKLCH

oklch(33.1%, 0.0136, 188.91)

HWB

hwb(174, 18%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#382e2f

Analogous

#2e3832

#2e3837

#2e3438

Triadic

#2e3837

#372e38

#38372e

Split-complementary

#2e3837

#382e34

#38322e

Tetradic

#2e3837

#2e2f38

#382e2f

#38372e

Square

#2e3837

#322e38

#382e2f

#34382e

Shades

Color #2e3837 mixed toward black.

#262f2e

#1f2525

#171c1b

#0f1312

#080909

Tints

Color #2e3837 mixed toward white.

#4d5d5c

#6b8380

#8fa3a1

#b4c2c0

#dae0e0

Tones

Color #2e3837 mixed toward gray.

#2f3736

#303636

#313535

#313534

#323434

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.74:1

White text reads better on this background (12.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#333337 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#323137 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#2f3737 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#363636 · ΔE 5.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e3837;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e3837]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2e3837 (#2e3837) is rgb(46, 56, 55) in RGB.

No, #2e3837 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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