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#41322B

Espresso · dark warm orange

About #41322B

#41322B is a muted, dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Espresso (ΔE 4.4); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #2B3A41 — a gunmetal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #41322B for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 12.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.24:1).

Colour codes

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CSS
Red65
Green50
Blue43

Closest named colours

Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 4.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.0
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #41322B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on espresso #41322B.
12.24:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on espresso #41322B.
1.72:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #41322B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#41322B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#36332B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#39362B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#453030

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #41322B?

#41322B is a muted, dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 17% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #41322B?

Use white text. White on #41322B has a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #41322B?

Its complementary colour is #2B3A41, and analogous partners are #412B2F and #413D2B.