Brown

#8a232c

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

This is Brown, a strong red sitting at 355 degrees on the wheel. 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 #8a232c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a232c

RGB138, 35, 44

HSL355, 60%, 34%

HSV355, 75%, 54%

CMYK0%, 75%, 68%, 46%

Lab31.32, 43.61, 20.61

XYZ11.54, 6.79, 3.08

Decimal9052972

Web safe#993333

Pantone202 C

Shades of brown

#7f2028 #731d25 #681a21 #5d171e #51151a #461216 #3a0f13 #2f0c0f #24090b #180608

Tints of brown

#a32934 #bd303c #ce3f4b #d55863 #db717b #e28b92 #e8a4aa #eebec2 #f5d7da #fbf1f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#238a81 Analogous#8a2360 Analogous#8a4d23 Triadic#2c8a23 Triadic#232c8a Split complementary#238a4d Split complementary#23608a

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, 75, 68, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a232c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 68 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 67 52

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 #8a232c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a232c; }
.text { color: #8a232c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a232c; }

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 #8a232c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a232c 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 #8a232c 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 #8a232c 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 #8a232c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.