#283535

Color #283535

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class mist-800 #22292b · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#283535

RGB

rgb(40, 53, 53)

HSL

hsl(180, 14%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 24.5%, 20.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 0%, 79.2%)

LAB

lab(21.03, -5.38, -1.78)

LCH

lch(21.03, 5.67, 198.31)

OKLCH

oklch(31.7%, 0.0173, 196.45)

HWB

hwb(180, 15.7%, 79.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#352828

Analogous

#28352e

#283535

#282e35

Triadic

#283535

#352835

#353528

Split-complementary

#283535

#35282e

#352e28

Tetradic

#283535

#282835

#352828

#353528

Square

#283535

#2e2835

#352828

#2e3528

Shades

Color #283535 mixed toward black.

#212c2c

#1b2323

#141a1a

#0d1212

#070909

Tints

Color #283535 mixed toward white.

#465d5d

#648484

#88a5a5

#b0c3c3

#d7e1e1

Tones

Color #283535 mixed toward gray.

#293434

#2a3333

#2b3232

#2c3131

#2d2f2f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2e2e35 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#2d2c35 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#293535 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#333333 · ΔE 7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #283535;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#283535]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#283535 (#283535) is rgb(40, 53, 53) in RGB.

No, #283535 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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