Deep brown

#6a4e50

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. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #6a4e50, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a4e50
RGB106, 78, 80
HSL356, 15%, 36%
HSV356, 26%, 42%
CMYK0%, 26%, 25%, 58%
Lab36.16, 12.12, 3.43
XYZ10.12, 9.09, 8.81
Decimal6966864
Web safe#666666
Pantone438 C
Pantone438 CHex#6a4e50Rgb106 78 80Cmyk0 26 25 58Lab36 12 3Darker#231a1bDeep#413031Lighter#916e71

Shades of deep brown

Tints of deep brown

Colors that go with deep brown

Deep brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 25, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a4e50 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 26 25 58
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 28 27 64
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 #6a4e50 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a4e50; }
.text { color: #6a4e50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a4e50; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a4e50 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
7.45:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.82:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a4e50 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 #6a4e50 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #6a4e50 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #6a4e50 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.