Dark brown

#421e1d

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

This is Dark brown, a soft red sitting at 2 degrees on the wheel. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #421e1d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#421e1d

RGB66, 30, 29

HSL2, 39%, 19%

HSV2, 56%, 26%

CMYK0%, 55%, 56%, 74%

Lab16.38, 17.25, 8.67

XYZ2.93, 2.18, 1.43

Decimal4333085

Web safe#333333

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark brown

#391a19 #301615 #271211 #1e0e0d #1a0c0b #150a09

Tints of dark brown

#5e2b29 #793735 #954441 #b0504d #bd6b69 #c98684 #d5a1a0 #e1bcbb #edd8d7 #faf3f3

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1d4142 Analogous#421d2e Analogous#42311d Triadic#1d421e Triadic#1e1d42 Split complementary#1d4231 Split complementary#1d2e42

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, 55, 56, 74.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #421e1d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 55 56 74

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 55 56 80

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 #421e1d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #421e1d; }
.text { color: #421e1d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #421e1d; }

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 #421e1d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #421e1d 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 #421e1d 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 #421e1d 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

The figures for #421e1d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.