#2D2A24 · Espresso

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#2D2A24 is a dark, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Espresso and near Espresso and Raisin. In OKLCH it has 29% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 85°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #2D2A24 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#2D2A24
RGBrgb(45, 42, 36)
HSLhsl(40, 11%, 16%)
CMYK0, 7, 20, 82
CSS var--espresso
Contrast14.3:1 white · 1.47:1 black

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How to use #2D2A24

White text passes WCAG AA on #2D2A24 (14.3:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #2D2A24 with its analogous neighbors #2D2624 and #2C2D24; for contrast use its complement #24272D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--espresso: #2D2A24;

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