#252516 Hex Color

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Color Name

Graphite Gray*

Hex Color Code

#252516

RGB Color Code

RGB(37, 37, 22)

CMYK Values*

0.0%, 0.0%, 40.5%, 85.5%

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#252516 hex color. RGB, RYB, CMYK, HSL, HSV codes and color conversions. Matching color names, palettes, paints.

What color is 252516?

The RGB color code for color number #252516 is RGB(37, 37, 22). In the RGB color model, #252516 has a red value of 37, a green value of 37, and a blue value of 22. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 40.5% yellow, and 85.5% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 60° (degrees), 25.4 % saturation, and 11.6 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, #252516 has a hue of 60° (degrees), 40.5 % saturation and 14.5 % brightness/value.

Color 252516 is cool or warm?

Color 252516 is a warm color.

What is the LRV of #252516? (For interior and product design)

252516 has an LRV of nearly 1.8. By LRV value, it is a very dark color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color

#252516

LRV 1.8

Light Color

Compare LRV 1.8 of #252516 with dark and light color

Is #252516 Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color 252516 meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

HEX #252516 color codes / color number / color space conversions - RGBA, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #252516

Hex triplet: #252516
Red: 25
Green: 25
Blue: 16

RGBA / RGB rgb(37, 37, 22)

Red: 37 (14.5%)
Green: 37 (14.5%)
Blue: 22 (8.6%)
Alpha: 1 (100.0%)

CMYK

Cyan: 0.00%
Magenta: 0.00%
Yellow: 40.54%
Key: 85.49%

HSL hsl(60deg, 25.4 %, 11.6 %)

Hue: 60°
Saturation: 25.42 %
Lightness: 11.57 %

HSV / HSB

Hue: 60°
Saturation: 40.54 %
Brightness / Value: 14.51 %

RYB ryb(200, 204, 202)

Red: 200 (78.4%)
Yellow: 204 (80.1%)
Blue: 202 (79.3%)

HWB

Hue: 60°
Whiteness: 8.63 %
Blackness: 85.49 %

CMY

Cyan: 85.49%
Magenta: 85.49%
Yellow: 91.37%

XYZ

X: 1.57
Y: 1.77
Z: 1.02

YXY

Y1: 1.77
X: 0.36
Y2: 0.41

CIE-Lab

L: 14.26
A: -3.09
B: 10.02

CIE-Lch

L: 14.26
C: 10.49
H: 107.15

CIE-Luv

L: 14.26
U: 0.57
V: 7.94

Hunter-Lab

L: 13.32
A: -2.28
B: 4.79

Other

LRV: ~ 1.8 %
Munsell Color System: 1.3GY 1.3/2

Color Names, Similar Colors and Paint

What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0

Identical – an exact match

ΔE under 1

Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them

ΔE 1 – 2

Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection

ΔE 2 – 10

Perceptible at a glance

ΔE over 10

Reads as a different color altogether

Color Name of HEX #252516

These are the named colors closest to hex 252516, closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#383428 Color Graphite Gray

93.93% match | ΔE 6.07

#1E2200 Color Black Brown

93.81% match | ΔE 6.19

#3C341F Color Dark Olive Drab

92.66% match | ΔE 7.34

#1A2421 Color Dark Jungle Green

91.75% match | ΔE 8.25

Similar colors from Pantone, RAL and other color matching system

RAL Design

RAL Design color similar/equivalent to 252516.

#2F2E1F Color RAL 110 20 10 - Metal Construction Green

97.03% match | ΔE 2.97

#302F27 Color RAL 100 20 05 - Night Green

94.81% match | ΔE 5.19

#282E27 Color RAL 140 20 05 - Melanite Black Green

94.05% match | ΔE 5.95

#283123 Color RAL 140 20 10 - Mountain Range Green

93.94% match | ΔE 6.06

British Standard 4800

British Standard 4800 color similar/equivalent to 252516.

#1E2311 Color BS 12-C-40 - Green

96.44% match | ΔE 3.56

#2C2617 Color BS 10-B-29 - Ironstone

95.75% match | ΔE 4.25

#1F261C Color BS 16-C-40 - Deep Green

95.24% match | ΔE 4.76

#263021 Color BS 12-B-29 - Juniper

93.73% match | ΔE 6.27

Pantone PMS

Pantone PMS color similar/equivalent to 252516.

#332F21 Color PANTONE Black 2 C

95.58% match | ΔE 4.42

#212721 Color PANTONE Black 3 C

94.23% match | ΔE 5.77

RAL Classic

RAL Classic color similar/equivalent to 252516.

#2C3222 Color RAL 6007 - Bottle Green

94.85% match | ΔE 5.15

#37342A Color RAL 6008 - Brown Green

93.78% match | ΔE 6.22

#3A3327 Color RAL 6022 - Olive Drab

92.76% match | ΔE 7.24

#3C392E Color RAL 6006 - Gray Olive

92.62% match | ΔE 7.38

Pantone TCX

Pantone TCX color similar/equivalent to 252516.

#36362D Color PANTONE 19-0509 TCX - Rosin

93.55% match | ΔE 6.45

#272C2A Color PANTONE 19-5708 TCX - Jet Set

92.08% match | ΔE 7.92

Paint color for Hex #252516

These are the real paint colors closest to hex 252516 from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from 252516 once it is on a wall.

Benjamin Moore

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of hex #252516 to Benjamin Moore

#363A32 Color Waller Green (CW-510)

92.10% match | ΔE 7.90

#242E2C Color Black Forest Green (HC-187)

91.01% match | ΔE 8.99

#464233 Color River Rock (2139-10)

90.11% match | ΔE 9.89

#353434 Color Onyx (2133-10)

89.53% match | ΔE 10.47

Valspar

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of hex #252516 to Valspar

#333B2F Color Aged Pine (6011-5)

91.91% match | ΔE 8.09

#403F35 Color Ginger's Grotto (T699)

90.98% match | ΔE 9.02

#3A3530 Color Fired Earth (6011-1)

90.81% match | ΔE 9.19

#2F2F2F Color Tomcat (8006-12G)

90.50% match | ΔE 9.50

Sherwin Williams

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of hex #252516 to Sherwin Williams

#343B36 Color Jasper (SW 6216)

90.62% match | ΔE 9.38

#424036 Color Andiron (SW 6174)

90.52% match | ΔE 9.48

#2F2F30 Color Tricorn Black (SW 6258)

89.68% match | ΔE 10.32

#323132 Color Black Magic (SW 6991)

89.19% match | ΔE 10.81

Behr

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of hex #252516 to Behr

#3B3C3B Color Limousine Leather (MQ5-05)

88.93% match | ΔE 11.07

#3F3F3E Color Black (Behr)

88.13% match | ΔE 11.87

#3D3E3E Color Carbon (N520-7)

87.98% match | ΔE 12.02

#413F3E Color Blackout (N510-7)

87.68% match | ΔE 12.32

Dunn-Edwards

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of hex #252516 to Dunn-Edwards

#3B3A3A Color Black (DEA 002)

88.46% match | ΔE 11.54

#3E3F41 Color Dark Engine (DE 6350)

86.58% match | ΔE 13.42

#384543 Color Refined Green (DEA 181)

86.55% match | ΔE 13.45

#504E47 Color Renwick Brown (DET 630)

85.49% match | ΔE 14.51

PPG Paints

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of hex #252516 to PPG Paints

#3C3D3D Color Starless Sky (PPG0995-7)

88.20% match | ΔE 11.80

#414040 Color Black Magic (PPG1001-7)

87.17% match | ΔE 12.83

#464544 Color Onyx (PPG1011-7)

86.45% match | ΔE 13.55

#3D4645 Color Dark As Night (PPG14-05)

86.41% match | ΔE 13.59

Farrow & Ball

Hex color 252516 similar/equivalent paint from Farrow & Ball. Conversion of hex #252516 to Farrow & Ball

#3D3C3C Color Pitch Black (256)

88.05% match | ΔE 11.95

#464D4A Color Studio Green (93)

85.24% match | ΔE 14.76

#4A4949 Color Liquorice (CB10)

84.92% match | ΔE 15.08

#454749 Color Off-Black (57)

84.86% match | ΔE 15.14

Color Combinations and Matching Colors

#252516 color palettes and scheme combination

000000

050503

252516

454529

65653C

85854F

Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

251616

251E16

252516

1E2516

162516

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

252516

162525

251625

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

252516

16251E

161625

25161E

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

252516

3A3A2D

505044

66665B

7C7C73

92928A

A7A7A1

BDBDB9

D3D3D0

E9E9E7

FFFFFF

Graphite Gray* - #252516 Tints

252516

212113

1D1D11

19190F

16160D

12120B

0E0E08

0B0B06

070704

030302

000000

Graphite Gray* - #252516 Shades

Complementary / Opposite Color

#252516

Graphite Gray*

#161625

Eigengrau*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of #252516?

Color that best contrast with #252516 is #161625, color name is Eigengrau*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.