Brown

#a42b4c

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

Brown is a deep pink, serious and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a42b4c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a42b4c

RGB164, 43, 76

HSL344, 58%, 41%

HSV344, 74%, 64%

CMYK0%, 74%, 54%, 36%

Lab38.1, 51.16, 9.94

XYZ17.48, 10.14, 7.87

Decimal10758988

Web safe#993333

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#962746 #88243f #7a2039 #6c1c32 #5e192c #501525 #42111f #340e18 #260a12 #18060b

Tints of brown

#bb3156 #cc3c63 #d25375 #d86987 #de8099 #e496ac #eaadbe #efc4d0 #f5dae2 #fbf1f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#2ba483 Analogous#a42b89 Analogous#a4462b Triadic#4ca42b Triadic#2b4ca4 Split complementary#2ba446 Split complementary#2b89a4

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 54, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a42b4c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 54 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 54 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 #a42b4c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a42b4c; }
.text { color: #a42b4c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a42b4c; }

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 #a42b4c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a42b4c 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 #a42b4c 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 #a42b4c 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 #a42b4c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.