Deep brown

#4e3031

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

Deep brown lands in the red band, deep and muted. 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 #4e3031, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e3031

RGB78, 48, 49

HSL358, 24%, 25%

HSV358, 38%, 31%

CMYK0%, 38%, 37%, 69%

Lab23.52, 13.85, 5.05

XYZ4.75, 3.96, 3.42

Decimal5124145

Web safe#663333

Pantone439 C

Shades of deep brown

#482c2d #42292a #3c2526 #362122 #301e1e #251717 #1f1313 #190f10 #130c0c

Tints of deep brown

#653e3f #7b4c4d #925a5c #a56c6e #b28384 #c0999b #ceb0b1 #dcc7c7 #eaddde #f8f4f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#304e4d Analogous#4e3040 Analogous#4e3e30 Triadic#314e30 Triadic#30314e Split complementary#304e3e Split complementary#30404e

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, 38, 37, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e3031 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 38 37 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 39 38 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Deep brown in css

Copy #4e3031 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e3031; }
.text { color: #4e3031; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e3031; }

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 #4e3031 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e3031 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 #4e3031 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 #4e3031 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 #4e3031 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.