#2E291B
Espresso · very dark warm brown
About #2E291B
With the hex code #2E291B, this is a very dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 16% green and 11% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 41% yellow and 82% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Espresso — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #1B202E, a gunmetal shade.
In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 14.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.49:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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›What colour is #2E291B?
With the hex code #2E291B, this is a very dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 18% red, 16% green and 11% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 41% yellow and 82% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #2E291B?
Use white text. White on #2E291B has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2E291B?
Its complementary colour is #1B202E, and analogous partners are #2E201B and #292E1B.