Brown

#9e2521

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

This is Brown, a strong red sitting at 2 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #9e2521, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e2521

RGB158, 37, 33

HSL2, 65%, 37%

HSV2, 79%, 62%

CMYK0%, 77%, 79%, 38%

Lab35.4, 48.85, 33.13

XYZ15.04, 8.7, 2.33

Decimal10364193

Web safe#993333

Pantone704 C

Shades of brown

#91221e #831f1b #761c19 #691916 #5c1513 #4e1210 #410f0e #340c0b #270908 #190605

Tints of brown

#b72b26 #d0312b #d74742 #dd5f5b #e27774 #e78f8d #eca8a5 #f2c0be #f7d8d7 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#219a9e Analogous#9e215b Analogous#9e6421 Triadic#219e25 Triadic#25219e Split complementary#219e63 Split complementary#215c9e

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 77, 79, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e2521 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 79 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 77 44

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.

Brown in css

Copy #9e2521 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e2521; }
.text { color: #9e2521; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e2521; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e2521 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e2521 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e2521 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e2521 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 brown, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #9e2521 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.