Deep brown

#796266

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 rich. 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 #796266, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#796266

RGB121, 98, 102

HSL350, 11%, 43%

HSV350, 19%, 47%

CMYK0%, 19%, 16%, 53%

Lab43.89, 9.96, 1.23

XYZ14.65, 13.76, 14.45

Decimal7955046

Web safe#666666

Pantone437 C

Shades of deep brown

#6f5a5d #645154 #5a494c #4f4043 #45383a #3b2f31 #302729 #261f20 #1b1617 #110e0e

Tints of deep brown

#886e73 #957c81 #a18b8f #ae9b9e #baaaac #c6b9bb #d2c8ca #dfd7d8 #ebe6e7 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#627975 Analogous#796272 Analogous#796a62 Triadic#667962 Triadic#626679 Split complementary#62796a Split complementary#627279

Deep brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 16, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #796266 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 16 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 19 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.

Deep brown in css

Copy #796266 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #796266; }
.text { color: #796266; }
.border { border: 2px solid #796266; }

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 #796266 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #796266 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 #796266 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 #796266 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 #796266 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.