Brown

#a24331

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

Brown is a deep red that reads serious. 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 #a24331, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a24331

RGB162, 67, 49

HSL10, 54%, 41%

HSV10, 70%, 64%

CMYK0%, 59%, 70%, 36%

Lab41.08, 38.19, 30.39

XYZ17.46, 11.92, 4.29

Decimal10634033

Web safe#993333

Pantone484 C

Shades of brown

#943d2d #863829 #783224 #6b2c20 #5d261c #4f2118 #411b14 #33150f #250f0b #170a07

Tints of brown

#b84c38 #c75945 #cd6d5a #d48070 #da9385 #e1a69b #e7b9b1 #eeccc6 #f4e0dc #fbf3f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#3190a2 Analogous#a23158 Analogous#a27c31 Triadic#31a243 Triadic#4331a2 Split complementary#31a27c Split complementary#3157a2

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 70, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a24331 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 70 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 68 42

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 #a24331 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a24331; }
.text { color: #a24331; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a24331; }

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 #a24331 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a24331 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 #a24331 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 #a24331 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 #a24331 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.