Brown

#79453e

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

Brown lands in the red band, deep and soft. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #79453e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#79453e

RGB121, 69, 62

HSL7, 32%, 36%

HSV7, 49%, 47%

CMYK0%, 43%, 49%, 53%

Lab35.34, 21.5, 13.89

XYZ10.88, 8.67, 5.66

Decimal7947582

Web safe#663333

Pantone4985 C

Shades of brown

#6f3f39 #653a34 #5b342f #512e29 #472824 #3d231f #321d1a #281715 #1e1110 #140c0a

Tints of brown

#8d5148 #a25c53 #b06d64 #ba8079 #c5948d #cfa7a1 #dabab6 #e4cdca #eee1df #f9f4f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#3e7279 Analogous#793e54 Analogous#79623e Triadic#3e7945 Triadic#453e79 Split complementary#3e7962 Split complementary#3e5579

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 43, 49, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #79453e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 49 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 49 59

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 #79453e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #79453e; }
.text { color: #79453e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79453e; }

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 #79453e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #79453e 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 #79453e 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 #79453e 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

Here is how the numbers for #79453e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.