#423E2B
Espresso · dark warm brown
About #423E2B
With the hex code #423E2B, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 24% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 35% yellow and 74% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Espresso — a ΔE of 11.3 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2B2F42, 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 — 10.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.74:1).
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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 #423E2B?
With the hex code #423E2B, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 24% green and 17% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 35% yellow and 74% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #423E2B?
Use white text. White on #423E2B has a contrast ratio of 10.74:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #423E2B?
Its complementary colour is #2B2F42, and analogous partners are #42322B and #3B422B.