#3B2A22 · Espresso

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#3B2A22 is a dark, muted gray color, closest to Espresso and near Espresso and Jet. In OKLCH it has 30% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 46°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #3B2A22 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3B2A22
RGBrgb(59, 42, 34)
HSLhsl(19, 27%, 18%)
CMYK0, 29, 42, 77
CSS var--espresso
Contrast13.63:1 white · 1.54:1 black

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How to use #3B2A22

White text passes WCAG AA on #3B2A22 (13.63:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3B2A22 with its analogous neighbors #3A2226 and #3A3622; for contrast use its complement #22323A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--espresso: #3B2A22;

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