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#41332B

Espresso · dark warm brown

About #41332B

With the hex code #41332B, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 20% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Espresso — a ΔE of 4.6 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2B3941, a gunmetal 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 — 12.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (12.12:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green51
Blue43

Closest named colours

Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 4.6
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 9.0
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #41332B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on espresso #41332B.
12.12:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on espresso #41332B.
1.73:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #41332B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#41332B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#37342A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3A372B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#453131

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #41332B?

With the hex code #41332B, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 20% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #41332B?

Use white text. White on #41332B has a contrast ratio of 12.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #41332B?

Its complementary colour is #2B3941, and analogous partners are #412B2E and #413E2B.