Brown

#9a2f47

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

This is Brown, a soft red sitting at 347 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #9a2f47, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9a2f47

RGB154, 47, 71

HSL347, 53%, 39%

HSV347, 69%, 60%

CMYK0%, 69%, 54%, 40%

Lab36.66, 46.05, 10.87

XYZ15.48, 9.36, 6.95

Decimal10104647

Web safe#993333

Pantone208 C

Shades of brown

#8d2b41 #80273b #732335 #661f2f #591b29 #4c1723 #3f131d #320f17 #250b11 #17070b

Tints of brown

#b03651 #c43f5d #cb5570 #d26b82 #d98295 #e098a8 #e6aebb #edc5ce #f4dbe1 #fbf1f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#2f9a82 Analogous#9a2f7c Analogous#9a4d2f Triadic#479a2f Triadic#2f479a Split complementary#2f9a4d Split complementary#2f7c9a

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 69, 54, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9a2f47 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 54 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 54 46

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 #9a2f47 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9a2f47; }
.text { color: #9a2f47; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9a2f47; }

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 #9a2f47 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9a2f47 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 #9a2f47 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 #9a2f47 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 #9a2f47 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.