Dark brown

#3b2b0e

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

Dark brown is a dark orange with dramatic warmth. 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 #3b2b0e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b2b0e

RGB59, 43, 14

HSL39, 62%, 14%

HSV39, 76%, 23%

CMYK0%, 27%, 76%, 77%

Lab18.75, 3.64, 21.04

XYZ2.75, 2.69, 0.79

Decimal3877646

Web safe#333300

Pantone448 C

Shades of dark brown

#38290d #34260c #31240c #2d210b #2a1f0a #261c09 #231a08 #201707 #1c1507 #191206

Tints of dark brown

#5d4416 #7f5c1e #a17526 #c38e2e #d3a247 #dbb369 #e3c48b #ebd5ad #f4e6cf #fcf8f1

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#0e1e3b Analogous#3b150e Analogous#353b0e Triadic#0e3b2b Triadic#2b0e3b Split complementary#0e353b Split complementary#140e3b

Dark brown in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 76, 77.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b2b0e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 76 77

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 74 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #3b2b0e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b2b0e; }
.text { color: #3b2b0e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b2b0e; }

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 #3b2b0e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b2b0e 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 #3b2b0e 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 #3b2b0e 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 #3b2b0e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.