Deep brown

#853b4e

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Deep brown color values

Every conversion for #853b4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#853b4e

RGB133, 59, 78

HSL345, 39%, 38%

HSV345, 56%, 52%

CMYK0%, 56%, 41%, 48%

Lab35.33, 33.78, 3.99

XYZ12.61, 8.66, 8.22

Decimal8731470

Web safe#993366

Pantone208 C

Shades of deep brown

#7a3647 #6f3141 #632c3a #582734 #4d222d #421d27 #371820 #2c131a #200e13 #15090c

Tints of deep brown

#9a445a #af4d66 #b96178 #c27689 #cb8b9b #d59fad #deb4bf #e7c9d1 #f0dee3 #faf3f4

Colors that go with deep brown

Complementary#3b8572 Analogous#853b73 Analogous#854d3b Triadic#4e853b Triadic#3b4e85 Split complementary#3b854d Split complementary#3b7385

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, 56, 41, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #853b4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 41 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 42 54

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 #853b4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #853b4e; }
.text { color: #853b4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #853b4e; }

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 #853b4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #853b4e 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 #853b4e 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 #853b4e 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 #853b4e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.