#282822

Color #282822

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 16.46 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#282822

RGB

rgb(40, 40, 34)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.1%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 15%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 15%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(15.92, -1.37, 3.96)

LCH

lch(15.92, 4.19, 109.08)

OKLCH

oklch(27.5%, 0.0108, 107.26)

HWB

hwb(60, 13.3%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#222228

Analogous

#282522

#282822

#252822

Triadic

#282822

#222828

#282228

Split-complementary

#282822

#222528

#252228

Tetradic

#282822

#222822

#222228

#282228

Square

#282822

#222825

#222228

#282225

Shades

Color #282822 mixed toward black.

#21211c

#1b1b17

#141411

#0d0d0b

#070706

Tints

Color #282822 mixed toward white.

#4f4f43

#777765

#9b9b89

#bcbcb0

#deded8

Tones

Color #282822 mixed toward gray.

#272722

#272723

#262623

#262624

#252524

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282824 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#282824 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#282525 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #282822;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282822]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282822 (#282822) is rgb(40, 40, 34) in RGB.

No, #282822 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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