Brown

#8e282a

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 359 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 #8e282a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e282a

RGB142, 40, 42

HSL359, 56%, 36%

HSV359, 72%, 56%

CMYK0%, 72%, 70%, 44%

Lab32.78, 42.87, 23.86

XYZ12.33, 7.44, 2.98

Decimal9316394

Web safe#993333

Pantone492 C

Shades of brown

#822527 #762123 #6b1e20 #5f1b1c #531719 #471415 #3b1112 #2f0d0e #240a0b #180707

Tints of brown

#a62f31 #be3638 #cb484a #d26062 #d9787a #e09092 #e7a8aa #edc1c2 #f4d9d9 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#288e8c Analogous#8e285d Analogous#8e5928 Triadic#2a8e28 Triadic#282a8e Split complementary#288e59 Split complementary#285d8e

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 72, 70, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e282a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 70 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 68 50

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 #8e282a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e282a; }
.text { color: #8e282a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e282a; }

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 #8e282a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e282a 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 #8e282a 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 #8e282a 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

Here is how the numbers for #8e282a are worked out. 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.