Dark brown

#56151b

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

Dark brown is a dark red that reads anchoring. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #56151b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#56151b

RGB86, 21, 27

HSL354, 61%, 21%

HSV354, 76%, 34%

CMYK0%, 76%, 69%, 66%

Lab18.34, 30.2, 13.37

XYZ4.3, 2.59, 1.31

Decimal5641499

Web safe#660033

Pantone490 C

Shades of dark brown

#4a1217 #3d0f13 #370e11 #310c0f #2b0b0e #25090c #1f080a #190608

Tints of dark brown

#751d25 #94242e #b32c38 #ce3745 #d65662 #dd757e #e5949b #ecb3b8 #f4d2d5 #fbf1f2

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#155650 Analogous#56153c Analogous#562f15 Triadic#1b5615 Triadic#151b56 Split complementary#15562f Split complementary#153c56

Dark 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, 76, 69, 66.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #56151b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 76 69 66

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 74 67 72

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.

Dark brown in css

Copy #56151b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #56151b; }
.text { color: #56151b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #56151b; }

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 #56151b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #56151b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #56151b 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #56151b 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 #56151b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.