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#30331B

Espresso · dark warm green

About #30331B

With the hex code #30331B, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 19% red, 20% green and 11% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Espresso — a ΔE of 13.4 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #1E1B33, a oxford blue shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 13.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.00:1).

Colour codes

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RGB
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HSV / HSB
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Decimal
CSS
Red48
Green51
Blue27

Closest named colours

Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 13.4
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 16.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 16.3

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #30331B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on espresso #30331B.
13.00:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on espresso #30331B.
1.62:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #30331B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#30331B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#363119
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#36311C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#33302D

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #30331B?

With the hex code #30331B, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 19% red, 20% green and 11% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 47% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #30331B?

Use white text. White on #30331B has a contrast ratio of 13.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #30331B?

Its complementary colour is #1E1B33, and analogous partners are #332A1B and #24331B.