#282927

Color #282927

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#282927

RGB

rgb(40, 41, 39)

HSL

hsl(90, 2.5%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 4.9%, 16.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 83.9%)

LAB

lab(16.42, -0.93, 1.15)

LCH

lch(16.42, 1.48, 128.96)

OKLCH

oklch(27.9%, 0.0038, 128.66)

HWB

hwb(90, 15.3%, 83.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#282729

Analogous

#292927

#282927

#272927

Triadic

#282927

#272829

#292728

Split-complementary

#282927

#272729

#292729

Tetradic

#282927

#272928

#282729

#292728

Square

#282927

#272929

#282729

#292727

Shades

Color #282927 mixed toward black.

#212221

#1b1b1a

#141514

#0d0e0d

#070707

Tints

Color #282927 mixed toward white.

#4c4e4a

#70726d

#949691

#b7b9b6

#dbdcda

Tones

Color #282927 mixed toward gray.

#282927

#282928

#282828

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.44:1

White text reads better on this background (14.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#282827 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#282828 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#282828 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#292929 · ΔE 1.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #282927;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282927]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#282927 (#282927) is rgb(40, 41, 39) in RGB.

No, #282927 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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