Dark brown

#3a320d

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 strong. 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 #3a320d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a320d

RGB58, 50, 13

HSL49, 63%, 14%

HSV49, 78%, 23%

CMYK0%, 14%, 78%, 77%

Lab20.87, -1.63, 23.9

XYZ2.96, 3.21, 0.84

Decimal3813901

Web safe#333300

Pantone5815 C

Shades of dark brown

#332c0c #2d270a #262109 #201b07 #1c1806

Tints of dark brown

#5c5015 #7f6d1c #a18b24 #c4a92c #d5bb44 #ddc867 #e5d489 #ece1ac #f4edce #fcfaf0

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#0d153a Analogous#3a1b0d Analogous#2b3a0d Triadic#0d3a32 Triadic#320d3a Split complementary#0d2b3a Split complementary#1b0d3a

Dark brown in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 78, 77.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a320d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 78 77

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 76 83

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #3a320d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a320d; }
.text { color: #3a320d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a320d; }

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 #3a320d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a320d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3a320d 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3a320d 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 #3a320d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.