Seal Brown (#321414)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 16.86:1 — vs black: 1.25:1

Color values

HEX #321414
RGB rgb(50, 20, 20)
HSL hsl(0, 60%, 19%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 60, 60, 80.39 )
Websafe #330000

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Tags

Mood

Style

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #321414 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#143232

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#321423

#322314

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#143214

#141432

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#143223

#142332

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#233214

#143232

#231432

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Seal Brown
#321414 Base

#120707

#150808

#4F2020

#692A2A

#9F4040

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Seal Brown, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #120707

— #190A0A

— #1F0C0C

— #250F0F

— #2C1111

Seal Brown #321414 Base

— #6D2C2C

— #A84343

— #C87676

— #E0B2B2

— #F8EDED

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #321414. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #321414;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #321414;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #321414;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #321414,
        #145050
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #321414,
        #145050
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$seal-brown: #321414;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$seal-brown-r: 50;
$seal-brown-g: 20;
$seal-brown-b: 20;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $seal-brown;
    color: rgba($seal-brown-r, $seal-brown-g, $seal-brown-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Seal Brown appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #321414 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #202013 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #191914 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #321414 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #1D1D1D Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Seal Brown ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Seal Brown #321414 Base

Dark Sienna #3C1414 ΔE 3.42

Black Bean #3D0C02 ΔE 6.62

Zinnwaldite Brown #2C1608 ΔE 6.93

Bulgarian Rose #480607 ΔE 8.79

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.