Brown

#90656d

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

This is Brown, a muted red sitting at 349 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #90656d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#90656d

RGB144, 101, 109

HSL349, 18%, 48%

HSV349, 30%, 56%

CMYK0%, 30%, 24%, 44%

Lab47.42, 18.56, 2.45

XYZ18.92, 16.34, 16.63

Decimal9463149

Web safe#996666

Pantone5205 C

Shades of brown

#835c63 #77535a #6a4a50 #5e4247 #51393d #443034 #38272a #2b1e21 #1f1517 #120d0e

Tints of brown

#9c727a #a68087 #b08f95 #bb9da3 #c5acb0 #cfbabe #d9c9cc #e3d7da #ede6e7 #f8f5f5

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#659088 Analogous#906582 Analogous#907265 Triadic#6d9065 Triadic#656d90 Split complementary#659072 Split complementary#658290

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, 30, 24, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #90656d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 24 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 26 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #90656d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #90656d; }
.text { color: #90656d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90656d; }

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 #90656d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #90656d 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 #90656d 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 #90656d 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 #90656d are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.