#2F261C
Espresso · very dark warm brown
About #2F261C
#2F261C is a muted, very dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 15% green and 11% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 40% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Espresso (ΔE 5.1); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #1C252F — a gunmetal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #2F261C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 14.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (14.84:1).
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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 #2F261C?
#2F261C is a muted, very dark shade in the brown family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 15% green and 11% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 40% yellow and 82% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #2F261C?
Use white text. White on #2F261C has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #2F261C?
Its complementary colour is #1C252F, and analogous partners are #2F1C1C and #2F2F1C.