Brown

#7e4b46

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 muted. 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 #7e4b46, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e4b46

RGB126, 75, 70

HSL5, 29%, 38%

HSV5, 44%, 49%

CMYK0%, 40%, 44%, 51%

Lab37.68, 21.02, 12.19

XYZ12.23, 9.91, 7.06

Decimal8276806

Web safe#663333

Pantone4985 C

Shades of brown

#734540 #693e3a #5e3834 #53322e #492b28 #3e2523 #341f1d #291817 #1e1211 #140c0b

Tints of brown

#915651 #a4625b #af746e #b98681 #c49994 #ceaba7 #d9bdba #e3cfcd #eee2e0 #f9f4f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#46797e Analogous#7e465d Analogous#7e6746 Triadic#467e4b Triadic#4b467e Split complementary#467e67 Split complementary#465d7e

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, 40, 44, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e4b46 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 44 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 44 57

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 #7e4b46 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e4b46; }
.text { color: #7e4b46; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e4b46; }

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 #7e4b46 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e4b46 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 #7e4b46 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 #7e4b46 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 #7e4b46 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.