Deep brown

#834e57

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 serious. 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 #834e57, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#834e57

RGB131, 78, 87

HSL350, 25%, 41%

HSV350, 40%, 51%

CMYK0%, 40%, 34%, 49%

Lab39.52, 23.53, 4.28

XYZ13.8, 10.96, 10.41

Decimal8605271

Web safe#996666

Pantone4985 C

Shades of deep brown

#784750 #6d4148 #613a41 #563339 #4b2d32 #40262a #351f23 #2a191c #1e1214 #130b0d

Tints of deep brown

#955963 #a46670 #ae7881 #b98991 #c49ba2 #ceadb2 #d9bfc3 #e3d0d4 #eee2e4 #f8f4f5

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#4e837a Analogous#834e72 Analogous#83604e Triadic#57834e Triadic#4e5783 Split complementary#4e8360 Split complementary#4e7283

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, 40, 34, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #834e57 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 34 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 35 55

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 #834e57 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #834e57; }
.text { color: #834e57; }
.border { border: 2px solid #834e57; }

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 #834e57 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #834e57 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 #834e57 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 #834e57 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 #834e57 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.