Color specimenNo. 02500134

#262626

Charcoal

A deterministic reference card for #262626. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
38, 38, 38
HSL
0°, 0%, 15%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · neutral

tailwind · neutral 800

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-neutral-800, text-neutral-800, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · neutral

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Class name
neutral-800
Hex
#262626
Closest CSS named color
darkslategray
Full color breakdown
/color/262626

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #262626 as the text color.

15.13:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #262626 as the text color.

1.39:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #262626 as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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