Deep brown

#6d2a32

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

Deep brown lands in the red band, deep and soft. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #6d2a32, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d2a32

RGB109, 42, 50

HSL353, 44%, 30%

HSV353, 61%, 43%

CMYK0%, 61%, 54%, 57%

Lab27.12, 30.57, 10.14

XYZ7.71, 5.14, 3.6

Decimal7154226

Web safe#663333

Pantone198 C

Shades of deep brown

#64272e #5c232a #532026 #4a1d22 #42191e #39161a #301316 #270f12 #1f0c0e #16090a

Tints of deep brown

#86333d #9e3d49 #b74654 #c15e6a #cb7781 #d49098 #dea8af #e7c1c5 #f1d9dc #faf2f3

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#2a6d65 Analogous#6d2a53 Analogous#6d432a Triadic#326d2a Triadic#2a326d Split complementary#2a6d43 Split complementary#2a536d

Deep 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, 61, 54, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d2a32 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 54 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 54 63

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 #6d2a32 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d2a32; }
.text { color: #6d2a32; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d2a32; }

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 #6d2a32 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d2a32 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 #6d2a32 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 #6d2a32 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

Here is how the numbers for #6d2a32 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.