Brown

#a34146

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

Brown lands in the red band, mid and soft. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a34146, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a34146

RGB163, 65, 70

HSL357, 43%, 45%

HSV357, 60%, 64%

CMYK0%, 60%, 57%, 36%

Lab41.23, 40.98, 17.95

XYZ18.1, 12.01, 7.16

Decimal10699078

Web safe#993333

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#953b40 #87363a #793034 #6b2a2e #5c2528 #4e1f22 #401a1c #321416 #240e0f #160909

Tints of brown

#b6494e #be5b60 #c56e72 #cd8185 #d49497 #dca7a9 #e3babc #ebccce #f2dfe0 #faf2f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#41a39e Analogous#a34177 Analogous#a36d41 Triadic#46a341 Triadic#4146a3 Split complementary#41a36d Split complementary#4177a3

Brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 57, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a34146 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 57 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 56 42

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 #a34146 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a34146; }
.text { color: #a34146; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a34146; }

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 #a34146 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a34146 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 #a34146 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 #a34146 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 #a34146 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.