#2B201A
Espresso · very dark neutral
About #2B201A
#2B201A is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 13% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 40% yellow and 83% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Espresso (ΔE 6.8); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #1A252B — a gunmetal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #2B201A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 15.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (15.86:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #2B201A?
#2B201A is a near-neutral, very dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 13% green and 10% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 26% magenta, 40% yellow and 83% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #2B201A?
Use white text. White on #2B201A has a contrast ratio of 15.86:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2B201A?
Its complementary colour is #1A252B, and analogous partners are #2B1A1C and #2B291A.