Deep brown

#9b4457

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

This is Deep brown, a soft red sitting at 347 degrees on the wheel. 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 #9b4457, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9b4457
RGB155, 68, 87
HSL347, 39%, 44%
HSV347, 56%, 61%
CMYK0%, 56%, 44%, 39%
Lab40.88, 38.21, 6.71
XYZ17.3, 11.79, 10.38
Decimal10175575
Web safe#993366
Pantone696 C
Pantone696 CHex#9b4457Rgb155 68 87Cmyk0 56 44 39Lab41 38 7Darker#38181fDeep#692e3bLighter#b96d7e

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, 56, 44, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9b4457 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 56 44 39
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 56 44 45
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 #9b4457 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9b4457; }
.text { color: #9b4457; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9b4457; }

How deep brown looks on light and dark

Deep brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9b4457 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.25:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.36:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9b4457 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 #9b4457 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 #9b4457 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

Every value on this page for #9b4457 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.