Dark brown

#25241a

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

Dark brown falls in the yellow band, dark and muted. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #25241a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#25241a

RGB37, 36, 26

HSL55, 17%, 12%

HSV55, 30%, 15%

CMYK0%, 3%, 30%, 85%

Lab14.0, -1.69, 6.87

XYZ1.58, 1.73, 1.23

Decimal2434074

Web safe#333333

Pantone419 C

Shades of dark brown

#232219 #212017 #1f1e16 #1d1d15 #1b1b13 #1a1912 #181711 #16150f #14130e #12110d

Tints of dark brown

#3e3d2c #57553d #716e4f #8a8661 #9f9b76 #b1ae90 #c3c0a9 #d4d3c2 #e6e5db #f8f7f5

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1a1b25 Analogous#251e1a Analogous#21251a Triadic#1a2524 Triadic#241a25 Split complementary#1a2125 Split complementary#1e1a25

Dark brown in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 30, 85.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #25241a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 30 85

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 32 91

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 #25241a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #25241a; }
.text { color: #25241a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #25241a; }

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 #25241a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #25241a 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 #25241a 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 #25241a 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

Every value on this page for #25241a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.