Saddle brown

#773e2d

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

This is Saddle brown, a soft red sitting at 14 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.

Saddle brown color values

Every conversion for #773e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#773e2d

RGB119, 62, 45

HSL14, 45%, 32%

HSV14, 62%, 47%

CMYK0%, 48%, 62%, 53%

Lab33.04, 23.1, 21.42

XYZ9.8, 7.56, 3.42

Decimal7814701

Web safe#663333

Pantone478 C

Shades of saddle brown

#6d3929 #643426 #5a2f22 #502a1e #47251b #3d2017 #331b13 #2a1610 #20110c #160c08

Tints of saddle brown

#8f4a36 #a7573f #bb654b #c47963 #cd8e7b #d6a293 #dfb7ab #e8cbc2 #f1dfda #faf4f2

Colors that go with saddle brown

Complementary#2d6677 Analogous#772d41 Analogous#77632d Triadic#2d773e Triadic#3e2d77 Split complementary#2d7763 Split complementary#2d4177

Saddle brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 62, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #773e2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 62 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 61 59

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.

Saddle brown in css

Copy #773e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #773e2d; }
.text { color: #773e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #773e2d; }

How saddle brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Saddle brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #773e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #773e2d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Saddle brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #773e2d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around saddle 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 saddle brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #773e2d 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 saddle brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #773e2d 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. 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.