Brown

#930f21

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 vivid. 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 #930f21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#930f21

RGB147, 15, 33

HSL352, 81%, 32%

HSV352, 90%, 58%

CMYK0%, 90%, 78%, 42%

Lab31.01, 51.5, 27.71

XYZ12.48, 6.65, 2.07

Decimal9637665

Web safe#990033

Pantone704 C

Shades of brown

#870e1e #7b0d1c #6f0b19 #630a16 #570914 #4b0811 #40060e #34050c #280409 #1c0306

Tints of brown

#b11228 #cf152e #e81d39 #eb3b53 #ee596d #f17788 #f495a2 #f7b3bc #fad1d6 #fdeff1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0f9381 Analogous#930f63 Analogous#933f0f Triadic#21930f Triadic#0f2193 Split complementary#0f933f Split complementary#0f6393

Brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 90, 78, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #930f21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 90 78 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 87 76 48

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #930f21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #930f21; }
.text { color: #930f21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #930f21; }

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 #930f21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #930f21 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 #930f21 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 #930f21 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 #930f21 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.