Brown

#91473f

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

Brown lands in the red band, deep and soft. 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 #91473f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#91473f

RGB145, 71, 63

HSL6, 39%, 41%

HSV6, 57%, 57%

CMYK0%, 51%, 57%, 43%

Lab39.39, 30.43, 19.29

XYZ14.83, 10.89, 6.02

Decimal9520959

Web safe#993333

Pantone696 C

Shades of brown

#85413a #783b34 #6c352f #602f2a #532924 #47231f #3a1d19 #2e1714 #22110f #150a09

Tints of brown

#a55148 #b55e54 #bd7068 #c6837c #cf9690 #d7a8a3 #e0bbb7 #e8cecb #f1e1df #faf3f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#3f8991 Analogous#913f60 Analogous#91703f Triadic#3f9147 Triadic#473f91 Split complementary#3f9170 Split complementary#3f6091

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 57, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #91473f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 57 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 56 49

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 #91473f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #91473f; }
.text { color: #91473f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #91473f; }

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 #91473f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #91473f 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 #91473f 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 #91473f 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 #91473f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.