Dark brown

#4a2221

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 soft. 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 #4a2221, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a2221

RGB74, 34, 33

HSL1, 38%, 21%

HSV1, 55%, 29%

CMYK0%, 54%, 55%, 71%

Lab18.84, 18.83, 9.42

XYZ3.67, 2.71, 1.77

Decimal4858401

Web safe#333333

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark brown

#45201f #3f1d1c #3a1b1a #351818 #301615 #2a1313 #251111 #200f0e #1a0c0c #150a09

Tints of dark brown

#652e2d #7f3a39 #9a4745 #b25553 #be6f6d #ca8a88 #d6a4a3 #e2bebd #eed9d8 #f9f3f3

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#21494a Analogous#4a2135 Analogous#4a3621 Triadic#214a22 Triadic#22214a Split complementary#214a37 Split complementary#21344a

Dark brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 55, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a2221 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 55 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 55 77

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 #4a2221 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a2221; }
.text { color: #4a2221; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a2221; }

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 #4a2221 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a2221 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 #4a2221 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 #4a2221 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

The figures for #4a2221 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.