Dark brown

#4e1715

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

This is Dark brown, a strong red sitting at 2 degrees on the wheel. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #4e1715, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e1715

RGB78, 23, 21

HSL2, 58%, 19%

HSV2, 73%, 31%

CMYK0%, 71%, 73%, 69%

Lab16.92, 25.74, 15.42

XYZ3.58, 2.29, 0.96

Decimal5117717

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of dark brown

#491514 #431412 #3e1211 #38110f #330f0e #2e0d0c #280c0b #230a09 #1d0908 #180706

Tints of dark brown

#6d201d #8c2926 #ab322e #c93c37 #d25a56 #da7975 #e29794 #ebb5b3 #f3d3d2 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#154c4e Analogous#4e152f Analogous#4e3415 Triadic#154e17 Triadic#17154e Split complementary#154e34 Split complementary#152f4e

Dark brown in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 71, 73, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e1715 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 73 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 71 75

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 #4e1715 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e1715; }
.text { color: #4e1715; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e1715; }

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 #4e1715 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e1715 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 #4e1715 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 #4e1715 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 #4e1715 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.