Brown

#860b29

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 vivid. 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 #860b29, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#860b29

RGB134, 11, 41

HSL345, 85%, 28%

HSV345, 92%, 53%

CMYK0%, 92%, 69%, 47%

Lab28.03, 49.0, 18.26

XYZ10.35, 5.47, 2.61

Decimal8784681

Web safe#990033

Pantone188 C

Shades of brown

#7b0a26 #710923 #66081f #5c081c #510719 #470616 #3c0512 #31040f #27030c #1c0209

Tints of brown

#a60e33 #c6103d #e61346 #ee2e5d #f04e76 #f36e8f #f68ea8 #f8aec0 #fbced9 #feeff2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0b8668 Analogous#860b66 Analogous#862b0b Triadic#29860b Triadic#0b2986 Split complementary#0b862b Split complementary#0b6686

Brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 92, 69, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #860b29 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 92 69 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 89 67 53

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #860b29 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #860b29; }
.text { color: #860b29; }
.border { border: 2px solid #860b29; }

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 #860b29 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #860b29 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #860b29 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #860b29 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

Every value on this page for #860b29 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.