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#272727 Hex Color Code

#272727 Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #272727 is a dark shade of gray. In the RGB color model #272727 is comprised of 15.29% red, 15.29% green and 15.29% blue. In the HSL color space #272727 has a hue of 0° (degrees), 0% saturation and 15% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 0 nm.

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Tints and Shades

#272727 to white

  1. #272727
  2. #464646
  3. #676767
  4. #8b8b8b
  5. #b0b0b0
  6. #d7d7d7
  7. #ffffff

Paints

Similar Paints

  1. Ford

    1. ★ Platinum Gray
      #282828       ΔE = 0.476 / LRV ≈ 2.1%
    2. Medium Gray
      #2c2c2c       ΔE = 2.365 / LRV ≈ 2.5%

  2. Caparol

    1. ★ Schiefer 0
      #282828       ΔE = 0.476 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  3. RAL

    1. ★ RAL 9004 / Signal black
      #282828       ΔE = 0.476 / LRV ≈ 2.1%
    2. RAL 8022 / Black brown
      #212121       ΔE = 2.898 / LRV ≈ 1.5%

  4. Beckers

    1. ★ Darjeeling 520 / S 8500-N
      #262626       ΔE = 0.478 / LRV ≈ 1.9%
    2. Aubergine 710 / S 8502-R
      #2a2525       ΔE = 2.514 / LRV ≈ 1.9%

  5. Pratt & Lambert

    1. ★ Midnight Black 33-16
      #262626       ΔE = 0.478 / LRV ≈ 1.9%
    2. Black 25-17
      #212222       ΔE = 2.560 / LRV ≈ 1.6%

  6. Dutch Boy

    1. ★ Pot Belly Stove
      #262626       ΔE = 0.478 / LRV ≈ 1.9%
    2. ★ Black Leather
      #282829       ΔE = 0.866 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  7. Testors

    1. ★ Testors 2549C
      #262627       ΔE = 0.833 / LRV ≈ 1.9%

  8. Berger

    1. ★ Kitty Kitty / 8253
      #282728       ΔE = 0.866 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  9. Scib Paints

    1. ★ Kitty Kitty / 8253
      #282728       ΔE = 0.866 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  10. Vista Paint

    1. ★ Kitty Kitty
      #282728       ΔE = 0.866 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  11. McCormick Paints

    1. ★ Kitty Kitty
      #282728       ΔE = 0.866 / LRV ≈ 2.1%

  12. GM / General Motors

    1. ★ Dark Gray
      #292929       ΔE = 0.951 / LRV ≈ 2.2%
    2. ★ Steel Gray Medium
      #2a2a2a       ΔE = 1.424 / LRV ≈ 2.3%

  13. Tollens

    1. ★ T2133-6
      #262525       ΔE = 0.985 / LRV ≈ 1.9%

  14. Farrow & Ball

    1. ★ Pitch Black / 256
      #2a2829       ΔE = 1.393 / LRV ≈ 2.2%

  15. Chrysler

    1. ★ Buckingham Gray
      #2a2a2a       ΔE = 1.424 / LRV ≈ 2.3%
    2. ★ Charcoal Fleet
      #242828       ΔE = 1.892 / LRV ≈ 2.0%

  16. Natural Color System / NCS

    1. ★ S 8505-B20G
      #252828       ΔE = 1.436 / LRV ≈ 2.1%
    2. ★ S 9000-N
      #262423       ΔE = 1.754 / LRV ≈ 1.8%

  17. Pantone / PMS

    1. ★ 426
      #242424       ΔE = 1.440 / LRV ≈ 1.8%
    2. P 179-16 C
      #2d2a29       ΔE = 2.343 / LRV ≈ 2.4%

  18. Vallejo

    1. ★ Vallejo 70.855 #205
      #272624       ΔE = 1.552 / LRV ≈ 1.9%
    2. ★ Vallejo 70.950 #169
      #252527       ΔE = 1.670 / LRV ≈ 1.9%

  19. Australian Standard AS2700

    1. ★ N61 Black
      #2a2a2b       ΔE = 1.615 / LRV ≈ 2.3%

  20. Levis

    1. ★ Black Touch
      #2c2b2b       ΔE = 2.053 / LRV ≈ 2.4%

  21. Dulux

    1. ★ Night Jewels 1
      #2c2b2b       ΔE = 2.053 / LRV ≈ 2.4%

  22. Resene

    1. ★ Bokara Grey N28-005-068
      #2a2725       ΔE = 2.054 / LRV ≈ 2.1%
    2. ★ Pitch Black WD039
      #2c2b2c       ΔE = 2.199 / LRV ≈ 2.4%

  23. Tamiya

    1. ★ Tamiya 80369,XF69
      #222423       ΔE = 2.071 / LRV ≈ 1.7%

  24. Audi

    1. ★ Orca Black Metallic / 2T2T, LC9X
      #232426       ΔE = 2.094 / LRV ≈ 1.8%
    2. Rabenschwarz Metallic/Raven Black Pearl / 3A, 3A3A, LZ9V
      #2d2d2d       ΔE = 2.833 / LRV ≈ 2.6%

  25. Volkswagen

    1. Dark Burgundy
      #242528       ΔE = 2.366 / LRV ≈ 1.9%

  26. Model Master

    1. Model Master 1949
      #2d2928       ΔE = 2.469 / LRV ≈ 2.3%
    2. Model Master 1947
      #2e2a2b       ΔE = 2.776 / LRV ≈ 2.4%

  27. Toyo Ink

    1. CF11019
      #2b2a27       ΔE = 2.567 / LRV ≈ 2.3%
    2. CF11018
      #2d2d2e       ΔE = 2.948 / LRV ≈ 2.6%

  28. Fired Earth

    1. Downing Street
      #2b2c2a       ΔE = 2.643 / LRV ≈ 2.5%

  29. Federal Standard

    1. Federal Standard 17038
      #2c2926       ΔE = 2.809 / LRV ≈ 2.3%

#272727 HTML / CSS Code Examples

#272727 foreground

I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.'.

Vincent Van Gogh
<p style="color: #272727">…</p>

#272727 background

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher
<p style="background-color: #272727">…</p>

#272727 shadow

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #272727">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
2565927
Binary
00100111, 00100111, 00100111
Hexadecimal
#272727
LRV
≈ 2.0%
Closest short hex
#222 ΔE = 2.410
RGB
rgb(39, 39, 39)
RGBA
rgba(39, 39, 39, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.333, g: 0.333, b: 0.333
RYB
red: 0.153%, yellow: 0.153%, blue: 0.153%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-14211289 / 0xff272727
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 15%)
HSLA
hsla(0, 0%, 15%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 0° (0.000), saturation: 0% (0.000), value: 15% (0.153)
HSP
hue: 0.000, saturation: 0.000%, perceived brightness: 15.294%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 146.356, S: 0.000, L: 15.638
Cubehelix
H: -120.000, S: 0.000, L: 0.153
TSL
T: 0.000, S: 0.000, L: 0.153
CMYK
cyan: 0% (0.000), magenta: 0% (0.000), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 85% (0.847)
CMY
cyan: 85% (0.847), magenta: 85% (0.847), yellow: 85% (0.847)
XYZ
X: 1.928, Y: 2.029, Z: 2.209
xyY
x: 0.313, y: 0.329, Y: 2.029
CIELab
L: 15.638, a: -0.000, b: 0.000
CIELuv
L: 15.638, u: -0.000, v: 0.000
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 15.638, C: 0.000, H: 158.199
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 15.638, C: 0.000, H: 146.356
Hunter-Lab
L: 14.244, a: -0.761, b: 0.775
CIECAM02
J: 11.696, C: 0.748, h: 210.929, Q: 67.380, M: 0.654, s: 9.856, H: 267.801
OSA-UCS
lightness: -10.081, jaune: -0.057, green: 0.099
LMS
L: 1.926, M: 2.101, S: 2.206
YCbCr
Y: 49.501, Cb: 128.000, Cr: 128.000
YCgCo
Y: 39.000, Cg: 0.000, Co: 9.750
YDbDr
Y: 39.000, Db: 0.000, Dr: -0.000
YPbPr
Y: 39.000, Pb: 0.000, Pr: 0.000
xvYCC
Y: 49.494, Cb: 128.000, Cr: 128.000
YIQ
Y: 39.000, I: 0.000, Q: -0.000
YUV
Y: 39.000, U: 0.000, V: 0.000
Munsell Color System
5Y 2/1 ΔE = 5.223
Brand Color
Dunked ΔE = 6.810

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