#66442E
Coffee · dark warm brown
About #66442E
With the hex code #66442E, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 40% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 55% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Coffee — a ΔE of 4.2 — followed by Walnut. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2E5066, a charcoal shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.64:1).
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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 #66442E?
With the hex code #66442E, this is a dark brown with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 40% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 33% magenta, 55% yellow and 60% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #66442E?
Use white text. White on #66442E has a contrast ratio of 8.64:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #66442E?
Its complementary colour is #2E5066, and analogous partners are #662E34 and #66602E.