Seal Brown (#59260B)

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: 12.30:1 — vs black: 1.71:1

Color values

HEX #59260B
RGB rgb(89, 38, 11)
HSL hsl(20, 87%, 34%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 57.3, 87.64, 65.1 )

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Tags

Mood

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

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

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #59260B based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#0B3E59

Analogous

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#590B17

#594D0B

Triadic

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#0B5926

#260B59

Split-Complementary

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#0B594D

#0B1759

Tetradic (Square)

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#17590B

#0B3E59

#4D0B59

Monochromatic

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

Seal Brown
#59260B Base

#170A03

#351607

#7D360F

#9D4313

#E1601C

Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #170A03

— #240F04

— #311506

— #3E1B08

— #4C2009

Seal Brown #59260B Base

— #9D4313

— #E2601C

— #EB905F

— #F4C0A4

— #FCEFE8

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #59260B. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #59260B;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #59260B;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #59260B;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #59260B,
        #0B71A7
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #59260B,
        #0B71A7
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$seal-brown: #59260B;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$seal-brown-r: 89;
$seal-brown-g: 38;
$seal-brown-b: 11;

// 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 #59260B How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #3A3A05 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 #2F2F0C Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #5A2424 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #353535 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 #59260B Base

Liver (organ) #6C2E1F ΔE 6.31

French Puce #4E1609 ΔE 6.52

Caput Mortuum #592720 ΔE 7.64

Kenyan Copper #7C1C05 ΔE 8.83

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.