Brown

#872d3c

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

This is Brown, a soft red sitting at 350 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 #872d3c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#872d3c

RGB135, 45, 60

HSL350, 50%, 35%

HSV350, 67%, 53%

CMYK0%, 67%, 56%, 47%

Lab32.6, 39.57, 11.81

XYZ11.75, 7.35, 5.08

Decimal8858940

Web safe#993333

Pantone202 C

Shades of brown

#7c2937 #712632 #65222d #5a1e28 #4f1a23 #44171e #391319 #2d0f14 #220b0f #17080a

Tints of brown

#9e3546 #b63d51 #c44e61 #cc6576 #d47d8b #db94a0 #e3abb5 #ebc3c9 #f3dade #fbf2f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#2d8778 Analogous#872d69 Analogous#874b2d Triadic#3c872d Triadic#2d3c87 Split complementary#2d874b Split complementary#2d6987

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, 67, 56, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #872d3c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 56 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 56 53

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #872d3c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #872d3c; }
.text { color: #872d3c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #872d3c; }

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 #872d3c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #872d3c 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 #872d3c 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 #872d3c 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 #872d3c 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.