Brown

#a42549

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

This is Brown, a strong pink at 343 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a42549, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a42549

RGB164, 37, 73

HSL343, 63%, 39%

HSV343, 77%, 64%

CMYK0%, 77%, 55%, 36%

Lab37.29, 52.96, 10.75

XYZ17.17, 9.7, 7.27

Decimal10757449

Web safe#993333

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#962243 #881f3d #7a1c36 #6c1830 #5e152a #511224 #430f1e #350c17 #270911 #19060b

Tints of brown

#bc2a54 #d1325f #d64a72 #dc6284 #e17a97 #e691a9 #eca9bc #f1c1cf #f6d9e1 #fcf0f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#25a480 Analogous#a42588 Analogous#a44125 Triadic#49a425 Triadic#2549a4 Split complementary#25a441 Split complementary#2588a4

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, 77, 55, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a42549 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 55 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 55 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 #a42549 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a42549; }
.text { color: #a42549; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a42549; }

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 #a42549 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a42549 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 #a42549 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 #a42549 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a42549 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.