Dark brown

#2e1d21

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark brown, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark brown lands in the red band, dark and muted. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #2e1d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e1d21

RGB46, 29, 33

HSL346, 23%, 15%

HSV346, 37%, 18%

CMYK0%, 37%, 28%, 82%

Lab13.04, 9.09, 0.63

XYZ1.84, 1.57, 1.64

Decimal3022113

Web safe#333333

Pantone5185 C

Shades of dark brown

#2b1b1f #291a1d #26181b #231619 #201417 #1e1315 #1b1113 #180f11 #150e0f #130c0d

Tints of dark brown

#482d33 #613d46 #7b4d58 #945e6a #a77480 #b88e98 #c8a7af #d8c1c6 #e8dade #f8f4f5

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1d2e2a Analogous#2e1d29 Analogous#2e221d Triadic#212e1d Triadic#1d212e Split complementary#1d2e22 Split complementary#1d2a2e

Dark brown in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 28, 82.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e1d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 28 82

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 30 88

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #2e1d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e1d21; }
.text { color: #2e1d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e1d21; }

How dark brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #2e1d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e1d21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2e1d21 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2e1d21 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #2e1d21 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.