Dark brown

#4e1f1e

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

Dark brown is a dark red that reads anchoring. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #4e1f1e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e1f1e

RGB78, 31, 30

HSL1, 44%, 21%

HSV1, 62%, 31%

CMYK0%, 60%, 62%, 69%

Lab18.77, 22.08, 11.54

XYZ3.87, 2.69, 1.54

Decimal5119774

Web safe#663333

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark brown

#481d1c #431b1a #3d1818 #381615 #321413 #2c1211 #270f0f #210d0d #1c0b0b #160909

Tints of dark brown

#6a2a29 #853533 #a1403e #ba4e4c #c56967 #cf8583 #daa09f #e5bbbb #efd7d6 #faf2f2

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1e4d4e Analogous#4e1e35 Analogous#4e371e Triadic#1e4e1f Triadic#1f1e4e Split complementary#1e4e37 Split complementary#1e354e

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, 60, 62, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e1f1e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 62 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 61 75

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 #4e1f1e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e1f1e; }
.text { color: #4e1f1e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e1f1e; }

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 #4e1f1e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e1f1e 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 #4e1f1e 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 #4e1f1e 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 #4e1f1e 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.