Brown

#900d39

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

Brown is a deep pink, weighty and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #900d39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#900d39

RGB144, 13, 57

HSL340, 83%, 31%

HSV340, 91%, 56%

CMYK0%, 91%, 60%, 44%

Lab30.67, 52.32, 11.45

XYZ12.38, 6.51, 4.48

Decimal9440569

Web safe#990033

Pantone1955 C

Shades of brown

#840c34 #790b30 #6d0a2b #620927 #560822 #4a071d #3f0619 #330514 #280410 #1c030b

Tints of brown

#af1045 #cd1351 #ea175e #ed3674 #f05589 #f2749e #f592b4 #f8b1c9 #fbd0de #feeff4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0d9064 Analogous#900d7a Analogous#90220d Triadic#39900d Triadic#0d3990 Split complementary#0d9022 Split complementary#0d7b90

Brown in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 91, 60, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #900d39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 60 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 59 50

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 #900d39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #900d39; }
.text { color: #900d39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #900d39; }

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 #900d39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #900d39 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 #900d39 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 #900d39 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 #900d39 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.