#282c37

Color #282c37

A muted very dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.28 Nearest Tailwind class gray-800 #1e2939 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#282c37

RGB

rgb(40, 44, 55)

HSL

hsl(224, 15.8%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224, 27.3%, 21.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.3%, 20%, 0%, 78.4%)

LAB

lab(18.05, 1.25, -7.63)

LCH

lch(18.05, 7.73, 279.3)

OKLCH

oklch(29.4%, 0.0209, 269.45)

HWB

hwb(224, 15.7%, 78.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#373328

Analogous

#283337

#282c37

#2b2837

Triadic

#282c37

#37282c

#2c3728

Split-complementary

#282c37

#372b28

#333728

Tetradic

#282c37

#332837

#373328

#2c3728

Square

#282c37

#372833

#373328

#28372b

Shades

Color #282c37 mixed toward black.

#21252e

#1b1d25

#14161b

#0d0f12

#070709

Tints

Color #282c37 mixed toward white.

#454c5f

#626c87

#8790a8

#afb5c5

#d7dae2

Tones

Color #282c37 mixed toward gray.

#292d36

#2a2d34

#2c2e33

#2d2e32

#2e2f31

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.51:1

White text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a35 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#2a2934 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#283332 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#2c2c2c · ΔE 6.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282c37;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282c37]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#282c37 (#282c37) is rgb(40, 44, 55) in RGB.

No, #282c37 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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