Coffee Bean Color

#2a140e

Coffee Bean is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #d5ebf1
Complementary Color #0e242a
Color Shade: mid red (12.86° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 10.98% (better contrasting with white)
Coffee Bean Color Sample
Coffee Bean Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2a140e

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Coffee Bean Color. The Longan's Kernel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wild Brown (#47241a) for more calm effect. Try Night Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0e242a is the best complementary color to Coffee Bean. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2a140e complementary color is Firefly, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coffee Bean are #2a0e15 and #2a220e. Thus found on the left and right of #2a140e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Coffee Bean and Mikado colors as they work well with Coffee Bean.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Coffee Bean palette consists of #0e152a and #0e2a22 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0e242a). Try Ebony and Bush colors in combination with #2a140e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #2a140e offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Coffee Bean. Thus Haiti and Bush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Coffee Bean contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Firefly, Seaweed, and Haiti split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a140e square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Coffee Bean tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#0e242a) and two others. The Bush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tamarind – 120° from the complementary Firefly. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0e2a14 and #2a0e24.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2a140e is made of 55% red, 26% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Coffee Bean has a hue angle of 12.86°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 10.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a140e is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 83.53% black ink.

HEX #2a140e
RGB Decimal rgb(42,20,14)
RGB Percentage 55%, 26%, 18%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 10.98, 83.53
HSL hsl(12.86,50%,10.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(12.86,66.67%,16.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(9.1919,10.5042,8.0459)
XYZ xyz(1.2843,1.0243,0.5455)
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