Brown

#8d756b

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

Brown sits in the orange range, mid and muted. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #8d756b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8d756b

RGB141, 117, 107

HSL18, 14%, 49%

HSV18, 24%, 55%

CMYK0%, 17%, 24%, 45%

Lab51.21, 7.71, 9.01

XYZ20.0, 19.45, 16.61

Decimal9270635

Web safe#996666

Pantone437 C

Shades of brown

#816b62 #746058 #68564f #5c4c45 #4f423c #433733 #362d29 #2a2320 #1e1917 #110e0d

Tints of brown

#988278 #a38e86 #ae9b94 #b8a8a2 #c3b5af #cdc2bd #d8cfcb #e2dcd9 #ede9e7 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#6b838d Analogous#8d6b72 Analogous#8d866b Triadic#6b8d75 Triadic#756b8d Split complementary#6b8d86 Split complementary#6b728d

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 24, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8d756b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 24 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 26 51

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 #8d756b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8d756b; }
.text { color: #8d756b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8d756b; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8d756b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8d756b 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 #8d756b 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 #8d756b 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8d756b are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.