#2b2c23

Color #2b2c23

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.42 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 0.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2c23

RGB

rgb(43, 44, 35)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 11.4%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 20.5%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(17.63, -2.45, 5.71)

LCH

lch(17.63, 6.21, 113.22)

OKLCH

oklch(28.9%, 0.0159, 112.54)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 13.7%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#24232c

Analogous

#2c2923

#2b2c23

#272c23

Triadic

#2b2c23

#232b2c

#2c232b

Split-complementary

#2b2c23

#23272c

#29232c

Tetradic

#2b2c23

#232c24

#24232c

#2c232b

Square

#2b2c23

#232c29

#24232c

#2c2327

Shades

Color #2b2c23 mixed toward black.

#24251d

#1d1d17

#161612

#0e0f0c

#070706

Tints

Color #2b2c23 mixed toward white.

#525443

#797c63

#9da087

#bebfaf

#dedfd7

Tones

Color #2b2c23 mixed toward gray.

#2a2b24

#2a2b25

#292a25

#292926

#282827

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b25 · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#2b2b26 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#2b2728 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2c23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2c23]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2c23 (#2b2c23) is rgb(43, 44, 35) in RGB.

No, #2b2c23 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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