Deep brown

#4a252c

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

Deep brown is a deep red that reads weighty. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #4a252c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a252c

RGB74, 37, 44

HSL349, 33%, 22%

HSV349, 50%, 29%

CMYK0%, 50%, 41%, 71%

Lab19.89, 18.36, 3.22

XYZ3.94, 2.96, 2.75

Decimal4859180

Web safe#333333

Pantone5185 C

Shades of deep brown

#452229 #3f2026 #3a1d22 #351a1f #2f181c #2a1519 #241216 #1f1013 #1a0d0f #140a0c

Tints of deep brown

#63323b #7d3e4a #964b59 #ad5b6a #ba7481 #c68d98 #d3a7af #e0c0c6 #ecdadd #f9f3f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#254a43 Analogous#4a253e Analogous#4a3125 Triadic#2c4a25 Triadic#252c4a Split complementary#254a31 Split complementary#253e4a

Deep brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 41, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a252c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 50 41 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 50 42 77

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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #4a252c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a252c; }
.text { color: #4a252c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a252c; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4a252c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a252c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4a252c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4a252c 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 deep brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4a252c is computed, not guessed. 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.