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MAGNOLIA HOME · JG-025

Magnolia Home Coffee Bean#3D2E26 · LRV 4

Why this color. Deep espresso brown Magnolia spec's for built-ins and accent walls.

Coffee Bean reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-025 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME COFFEE BEAN
RGB 61, 46, 38 LRV 4

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name Coffee Bean
SKU JG-025
Hex #3D2E26
RGB 61, 46, 38
HSL 21°, 23%, 19%
LRV 4
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Black

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Silent Sea
SKU 0515 · #2A2B2C · LRV 2
ΔE 10.07 (different)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all black from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.28
All black at Valspar →
1011-10
#433531
Brown Velvet
ΔE 3.28 · LRV 4
8004-2G
#3D2F30
Noblesse Oblige
ΔE 5.44 · LRV 3
6011-1
#3A3530
Fired Earth
ΔE 5.96 · LRV 3.7
8006-12G
#2F2F2F
Tomcat
ΔE 9.04 · LRV 3
V114-3
#2F2F2F
Tomcat
ΔE 9.04 · LRV 2.8

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.38
All black at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6006
#403330
Black Bean
ΔE 3.38 · LRV 4
SW 7630
#392B2D
Raisin
ΔE 6.09 · LRV 3
SW 2838
#432722
Polished Mahogany
ΔE 6.77 · LRV 3
SW 6991
#323132
Black Magic
ΔE 8.75 · LRV 3
SW 6990
#313031
Caviar
ΔE 8.76 · LRV 3

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.66
All black at Benjamin Moore →
AF-180
#3D2E2C
Wenge
ΔE 3.66 · LRV 3
CSP-30
#3C3331
Espresso
ΔE 4.52 · LRV 4
CW-180
#362E2C
Bucktrout
ΔE 4.65 · LRV 3
2132-10
#323233
Black
ΔE 9.25 · LRV 3
HC-190
#323233
Black
ΔE 9.25 · LRV 3

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.73
All black at Behr →
780B-7
#413632
Bison Brown
ΔE 3.73 · LRV 4
BXC-78
#433433
Cordovan Leather
ΔE 4.74 · LRV 4
S-G-780
#493433
Spiceberry
ΔE 6 · LRV 4
790B-7
#393432
Bitter Chocolate
ΔE 6.12 · LRV 4
BNC-21
#3E3335
Double Espresso
ΔE 6.3 · LRV 4

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.21
All black at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 256
#3B3938
Pitch Black
ΔE 8.21 · LRV 4
NO. 294
#494248
Paean Black
ΔE 10.76 · LRV 6
NO. 57
#444546
Off-Black
ΔE 11.74 · LRV 6
NO. 254
#50414C
Pelt
ΔE 12.54 · LRV 6
NO. 222
#5D3B42
Brinjal
ΔE 12.95 · LRV 6

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.28
All black at PPG / Glidden →
1002-7
#4B4441
Phantom Mist
ΔE 8.28 · LRV 6
1001-7
#414040
Black Magic
ΔE 9.81 · LRV 5
1013-7
#404149
Napoleon
ΔE 12.81 · LRV 5
FLLW36
#404149
Wright Midnight
ΔE 12.81 · LRV 5
14-05
#3D4645
Dark As Night
ΔE 15.52 · LRV 6

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.8
All black at Backdrop →
BD-IT
#5C4435
It's a Date
ΔE 8.8 · LRV 7
BD-HP
#1F2025
Hocus Pocus
ΔE 12.17 · LRV 3
BD-AH
#3D423E
After Hours
ΔE 13.38 · LRV 6
BD-LC
#3F4458
Last Call
ΔE 17.48 · LRV 6
BD-NE
#3D4D3F
North End
ΔE 20.8 · LRV 7

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.99
All black at Dunn-Edwards →
DEA187
#3B3A3A
Black
ΔE 8.99 · LRV 4
DE6350
#3E3F41
Dark Engine
ΔE 10.95 · LRV 5
DEA193
#4A3C50
Preserve
ΔE 15.45 · LRV 5
DEA185
#343B4E
Old Mill
ΔE 16.81 · LRV 4
DEA181
#384543
Refined Green
ΔE 17.2 · LRV 6

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.98
All black at Clare →
PNT100-DP-54
#484745
Blackish
ΔE 10.98 · LRV 6
PNT100-DP-55
#515052
Blackest
ΔE 13.73 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-77
#604B56
Night Groove
ΔE 15.07 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-67
#7C4D4C
Vintage
ΔE 17.94 · LRV 10
PNT100-DP-42
#545E66
Goodnight Moon
ΔE 21.07 · LRV 11

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #3D2E26 in HSL space. Pair Coffee Bean with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#3D2E26 + #26353D
TRIADIC
#3D2E26 · #263D2E · #2E263D
ANALOGOUS
#3D262A · #3D2E26 · #3D3A26

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
12.99:1 AAA
Sample text on black
1.62:1 fail

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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