#28262b

Color #28262b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.8 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-800 #27272a · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#28262b

RGB

rgb(40, 38, 43)

HSL

hsl(264, 6.2%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264, 11.6%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 11.6%, 0%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(15.55, 2.15, -2.96)

LCH

lch(15.55, 3.66, 305.99)

OKLCH

oklch(27.3%, 0.0095, 303.86)

HWB

hwb(264, 14.9%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#292b26

Analogous

#26272b

#28262b

#2b262b

Triadic

#28262b

#2b2826

#262b28

Split-complementary

#28262b

#2b2b26

#272b26

Tetradic

#28262b

#2b2629

#292b26

#262b28

Square

#28262b

#2b2627

#292b26

#262b2b

Shades

Color #28262b mixed toward black.

#212024

#1b191d

#141316

#0d0d0e

#070607

Tints

Color #28262b mixed toward white.

#4b4851

#6f6977

#928d9a

#b7b3bc

#dbd9dd

Tones

Color #28262b mixed toward gray.

#28262b

#28272a

#282829

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.4:1

White text reads better on this background (14.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#27272a · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#27272a · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#282929 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28262b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28262b]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#28262b (#28262b) is rgb(40, 38, 43) in RGB.

No, #28262b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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