#272a23

Color #272a23

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 16.92 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#272a23

RGB

rgb(39, 42, 35)

HSL

hsl(85.7, 9.1%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(85.7, 16.7%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 16.7%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(16.55, -2.99, 4.13)

LCH

lch(16.55, 5.1, 125.9)

OKLCH

oklch(28%, 0.0132, 126.09)

HWB

hwb(85.7, 13.7%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#26232a

Analogous

#2a2a23

#272a23

#242a23

Triadic

#272a23

#23272a

#2a2327

Split-complementary

#272a23

#23242a

#2a232a

Tetradic

#272a23

#232a26

#26232a

#2a2327

Square

#272a23

#232a2a

#26232a

#2a2324

Shades

Color #272a23 mixed toward black.

#21231d

#1a1c17

#141512

#0d0e0c

#070706

Tints

Color #272a23 mixed toward white.

#4c5144

#707965

#949d89

#b8bdb0

#dbded8

Tones

Color #272a23 mixed toward gray.

#272924

#272825

#272726

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282825 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#282825 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#272626 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272a23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272a23]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#272a23 (#272a23) is rgb(39, 42, 35) in RGB.

No, #272a23 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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