Dark brown

#423821

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 soft. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #423821, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#423821

RGB66, 56, 33

HSL42, 33%, 19%

HSV42, 50%, 26%

CMYK0%, 15%, 50%, 74%

Lab23.99, 0.62, 15.98

XYZ3.94, 4.1, 2.02

Decimal4339745

Web safe#333333

Pantone448 C

Shades of dark brown

#3d341f #39301c #342c1a #302918 #2b2516 #272113 #221d11 #1e190f #19150c #14110a

Tints of dark brown

#5c4e2e #76643b #917b48 #aa9156 #b8a270 #c5b38a #d2c4a4 #dfd5bf #ece6d9 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#212b42 Analogous#422821 Analogous#3c4221 Triadic#214238 Triadic#382142 Split complementary#213c42 Split complementary#272142

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, 15, 50, 74.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #423821 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 50 74

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 50 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #423821 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #423821; }
.text { color: #423821; }
.border { border: 2px solid #423821; }

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 #423821 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #423821 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 #423821 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 #423821 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 #423821 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.