Dark brown

#411b21

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

This is Dark brown, a soft red sitting at 351 degrees on the wheel. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Dark brown color values

Every conversion for #411b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#411b21

RGB65, 27, 33

HSL351, 41%, 18%

HSV351, 58%, 25%

CMYK0%, 58%, 49%, 75%

Lab15.58, 19.16, 4.67

XYZ2.85, 2.02, 1.68

Decimal4266785

Web safe#333333

Pantone4975 C

Shades of dark brown

#3d191f #38171d #34161a #301418 #2b1216 #271014 #230e12 #1e0d0f #1a0b0d #16090b

Tints of dark brown

#5d272f #7a323e #963e4c #b24a5a #bf6573 #cb818d #d79ea7 #e2bac0 #eed6da #faf2f4

Colors that go with dark brown

Complementary#1b413b Analogous#411b34 Analogous#41281b Triadic#21411b Triadic#1b2141 Split complementary#1b4128 Split complementary#1b3441

Dark brown in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 58, 49, 75.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #411b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 58 49 75

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 57 49 81

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark brown in css

Copy #411b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #411b21; }
.text { color: #411b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #411b21; }

How dark brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #411b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #411b21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #411b21 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #411b21 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 dark brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #411b21 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.