#272a41

Color #272a41

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-800 #1d293d · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#272a41

RGB

rgb(39, 42, 65)

HSL

hsl(233.1, 25%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.1, 40%, 25.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 35.4%, 0%, 74.5%)

LAB

lab(17.78, 5.42, -14.96)

LCH

lch(17.78, 15.91, 289.92)

OKLCH

oklch(29.3%, 0.0421, 277.78)

HWB

hwb(233.1, 15.3%, 74.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#413e27

Analogous

#273741

#272a41

#312741

Triadic

#272a41

#41272a

#2a4127

Split-complementary

#272a41

#413127

#374127

Tetradic

#272a41

#3e2741

#413e27

#2a4127

Square

#272a41

#412737

#413e27

#274131

Shades

Color #272a41 mixed toward black.

#212336

#1a1c2b

#141521

#0d0e16

#07070b

Tints

Color #272a41 mixed toward white.

#40456b

#5a6196

#8086b3

#aaaecc

#d5d7e6

Tones

Color #272a41 mixed toward gray.

#292c3f

#2b2d3d

#2e2f3b

#303138

#323236

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28283c · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#28283b · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#273837 · ΔE 17.3

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #272a41;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#272a41]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#272a41 (#272a41) is rgb(39, 42, 65) in RGB.

No, #272a41 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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