Deep brown

#4b252e

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

This is Deep brown, a soft red sitting at 346 degrees on the wheel. 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 #4b252e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b252e

RGB75, 37, 46

HSL346, 34%, 22%

HSV346, 51%, 29%

CMYK0%, 51%, 39%, 71%

Lab20.11, 19.09, 2.17

XYZ4.06, 3.02, 2.95

Decimal4924718

Web safe#333333

Pantone5185 C

Shades of deep brown

#402027 #351a21 #30181d #2a151a #1f0f13 #1a0d10 #140a0d

Tints of deep brown

#64323e #7e3e4d #974b5d #ae5a6e #ba7484 #c78d9b #d3a7b1 #e0c0c8 #eddade #f9f3f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#254b42 Analogous#4b2541 Analogous#4b2f25 Triadic#2e4b25 Triadic#252e4b Split complementary#254b2f Split complementary#25414b

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, 51, 39, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b252e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 39 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 40 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Deep brown in css

Copy #4b252e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b252e; }
.text { color: #4b252e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b252e; }

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 #4b252e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b252e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4b252e 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4b252e 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

Here is how the numbers for #4b252e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.