#2E2A22 · Espresso

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#2E2A22 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Espresso and near Espresso and Raisin. In OKLCH it has 29% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 85°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #2E2A22 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#2E2A22
RGBrgb(46, 42, 34)
HSLhsl(40, 15%, 16%)
CMYK0, 9, 26, 82
CSS var--espresso
Contrast14.28:1 white · 1.47:1 black

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How to use #2E2A22

White text passes WCAG AA on #2E2A22 (14.28:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #2E2A22 with its analogous neighbors #2F2523 and #2D2F23; for contrast use its complement #23272F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--espresso: #2E2A22;

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