#23242b

Color #23242b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.12 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#23242b

RGB

rgb(35, 36, 43)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 10.3%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 18.6%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(14.36, 1.4, -4.78)

LCH

lch(14.36, 4.98, 286.32)

OKLCH

oklch(26.2%, 0.0132, 279.18)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 13.7%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b2a23

Analogous

#23282b

#23242b

#26232b

Triadic

#23242b

#2b2324

#242b23

Split-complementary

#23242b

#2b2623

#282b23

Tetradic

#23242b

#2a232b

#2b2a23

#242b23

Square

#23242b

#2b2328

#2b2a23

#232b26

Shades

Color #23242b mixed toward black.

#1d1e24

#17181d

#111216

#0c0c0e

#060607

Tints

Color #23242b mixed toward white.

#434553

#64667a

#888b9e

#b0b1be

#d7d8df

Tones

Color #23242b mixed toward gray.

#24252a

#252629

#262628

#262728

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.36:1

White text reads better on this background (15.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#232329 · ΔE 0.8

Deuteranopia

#232329 · ΔE 0.8

Tritanopia

#232828 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#242424 · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #23242b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#23242b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#23242b (#23242b) is rgb(35, 36, 43) in RGB.

No, #23242b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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