Seal brown

For the coat color in horses, see Seal brown (horse).

Seal brown
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#321414
sRGB B (r, g, b)	(50, 20, 20)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 60%, 20%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(11, 15, 12°)
Source	ColorHexa [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal.

Usage

The specifications for the U.S. Army Air Corps Type A-2 jacket (regulation summer flying jacket), adopted in 1931 and the most familiar among all leather flight jackets, stated that it should be made of horsehide tanned to seal brown.^{[ citation needed ]} However, initially, oxidation during the dyeing process caused the jackets to end up russet (a lighter, reddish brown) in color.^{[ citation needed ]} Later in the decade, they were able to prevent oxidation during dyeing, and the jackets produced were a proper dark brown.^{[ citation needed ]}

Seal brown is one of the official colors of Lehigh University, Brown University, ^[2] the Cleveland Browns football team, ^[3] and the engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi. ^[4]

See also

• List of colors

References

1. "Seal brown / #321414 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
2. Mitchell, Martha. (1993). "College Color". Encyclopedia Brunoniana.
3. King, Steve (2007). "The Kardiac Kids". The Official Website of the Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland Browns. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
4. Tau Beta Pi Association. (2009). "History" (Archived 2008-11-03 at the Wayback Machine ). Tau Beta Pi Information Book.