Deep brown

#3d3131

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

This is Deep brown, a grey red sitting at 0 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #3d3131, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3d3131

RGB61, 49, 49

HSL0, 11%, 22%

HSV0, 20%, 24%

CMYK0%, 20%, 20%, 76%

Lab21.62, 5.41, 2.03

XYZ3.58, 3.41, 3.38

Decimal4010289

Web safe#333333

Pantone440 C

Shades of deep brown

#392d2d #342a2a #302626 #2b2323 #271f1f #231c1c #1e1818 #1a1515 #151111 #110e0e

Tints of deep brown

#524242 #675353 #7d6464 #917676 #a28b8b #b3a0a0 #c4b6b6 #d5cbcb #e6e0e0 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#313d3d Analogous#3d3137 Analogous#3d3731 Triadic#313d31 Triadic#31313d Split complementary#313d37 Split complementary#31373d

Deep brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 20, 76.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3d3131 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 20 76

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 22 82

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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #3d3131 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3d3131; }
.text { color: #3d3131; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3d3131; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3d3131 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3d3131 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3d3131 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3d3131 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 deep brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #3d3131 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.