Dark brown

#211b13

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

Dark brown sits in the orange range, dark and muted. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #211b13, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#211b13

RGB33, 27, 19

HSL34, 27%, 10%

HSV34, 42%, 13%

CMYK0%, 18%, 42%, 87%

Lab10.22, 1.34, 6.47

XYZ1.14, 1.15, 0.78

Decimal2169619

Web safe#333300

Pantone419 C

Shades of dark brown

#201a12 #1e1911 #1d1811 #1c1710 #1a150f #19140e #17130e #16120d #15110c #13100b

Tints of dark brown

#3d3223 #594933 #756043 #917653 #a88d68 #b8a284 #c8b7a0 #d8ccbc #e8e1d8 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#131921 Analogous#211413 Analogous#202113 Triadic#13211b Triadic#1b1321 Split complementary#132021 Split complementary#141321

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, 18, 42, 87.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #211b13 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 42 87

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 43 93

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 #211b13 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #211b13; }
.text { color: #211b13; }
.border { border: 2px solid #211b13; }

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 #211b13 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #211b13 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 #211b13 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 #211b13 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

Here is how the numbers for #211b13 are worked out. 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.