#2b2b29

Color #2b2b29

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-800 #262626 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2b29

RGB

rgb(43, 43, 41)

HSL

hsl(60, 2.4%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 4.7%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.7%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(17.47, -0.47, 1.3)

LCH

lch(17.47, 1.38, 109.88)

OKLCH

oklch(28.8%, 0.0035, 106.39)

HWB

hwb(60, 16.1%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#29292b

Analogous

#2b2a29

#2b2b29

#2a2b29

Triadic

#2b2b29

#292b2b

#2b292b

Split-complementary

#2b2b29

#292a2b

#2a292b

Tetradic

#2b2b29

#292b29

#29292b

#2b292b

Square

#2b2b29

#292b2a

#29292b

#2b292a

Shades

Color #2b2b29 mixed toward black.

#242422

#1d1d1b

#161615

#0e0e0e

#070707

Tints

Color #2b2b29 mixed toward white.

#4f4f4c

#74746e

#979792

#babab6

#dcdcdb

Tones

Color #2b2b29 mixed toward gray.

#2b2b29

#2b2b2a

#2a2a2a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.48:1

White text reads better on this background (14.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b29 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#2b2b2a · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#2b2a2a · ΔE 1.8

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 1.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2b29;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2b29]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2b29 (#2b2b29) is rgb(43, 43, 41) in RGB.

No, #2b2b29 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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