What Ébène looks like
Ébène is a dark brown. It is warmer than black, darker than Chocolat, and nowhere near tan.
The closest Hermès colors are Vert Loden, Gris Étain, Vert Véronèse, and Chocolat. Vert Loden and Vert Véronèse carry an olive cast. Gris Étain turns grayer and cooler. Chocolat stays brown, but it is lighter and redder than Ébène. If you want to see how Ébène compares to a dark teal-green in the same depth range, Colvert is worth looking at side by side.
The current Hermès bag sample gives a clear pattern. On Picotin Lock and Evelyne bags in Clémence or Barenia Faubourg, Ébène looks like espresso or dark cocoa. The Swift Lindy II mini sharpens the color and pulls it closer to black.
Closest colors to Ébène
These six Hermès colors sit closest to Ébène in the current swatch range. Swipe through the carousel, then open any card for a side-by-side comparison.
A dark olive-brown with a muted green cast. It sits closer to military olive than to plain brown.
Vert Loden turns greener once daylight hits it. Ébène stays brown and warmer.
A dark taupe-gray. Still muted and earthy, but cooler and grayer than most dark browns.
Gris Étain moves toward taupe and gray. Ébène has more warmth and looks less dusty.
A rich dark brown with more red in it. Lighter and softer than espresso-toned browns.
Chocolat is lighter and redder. Ébène is darker and drier, closer to espresso than milk chocolate.
Where we've seen Ébène on Hermès
We have tracked 14 distinct bag SKUs in Ébène across 15 countries. Most of the activity is on the Picotin Lock 18, Evelyne III 29, Evelyne 23 Poche III, and Picotin Lock 22. Smaller runs show up on the Neo Garden 23, Garden Party 30, Lindy II mini, and Picotin 26.
Availability and alert activity
We first picked up Ébène on hermes.com in June 2024. Since then it has shown up across 15 countries. The United States is far ahead on alert volume, with the United Kingdom and Europe next. December 2025 was the busiest month in the recent alert history, and March and April 2026 still show steady activity.
Monthly alert activity
Top countries so far
Ébène by leather
The current sample is strongest in Clémence and Barenia Faubourg, with a smaller Swift showing. Those three are enough to show the range: soft espresso in pebbled leather, warmer brown in Barenia, and a sharper near-black in Swift.
Preowned market snapshot
Ébène has deeper resale supply than many newer colors: 76 listings available and 431 sold across the resale sites we track.
Current listings are concentrated on Vestiaire Collective, Madison Avenue Couture, Fashionphile, Ginza Xiaoma, The RealReal.