Recognised as Colour

#26282F

#26282F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#26282F is a blue with RGB values 38, 40, 47 and HSL 227°, 11%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#26282F#26282F

HEX#26282F

RGBrgb(38, 40, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.149, 0.1569, 0.1843

RGB percentages14.9%, 15.7%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(226.7, 10.6%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 19.1%, 18.4%)

CMYK19.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,500,655

CSS custom property--colour: #26282F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#D9D7D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26292Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#25282Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#24292Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 16.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Dim grey · ΔE 28.7 Slate grey · ΔE 37.2 Gray · ΔE 37.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 16.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2F2D26

Analogous#262D2F, #29262F

Triadic#2F2628, #282F26

Split complementary#2F2926, #2D2F26

Tetradic#2F262D, #2F2D26, #262F29

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#858A9C

Lighter +30%#6A7084

Lighter +20%#545867

Lighter +10%#3D404B

Darker −10%#0F1013

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B223A

Less saturated −25%#2B2B2B

Channel breakdown

R38

G40

B47

Red38 (14.9%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue226.67°

Saturation (HSL)10.59%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 26 · G 28 · B 2F

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