Brown

#a44f50

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

Brown lands in the red band, mid and soft. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a44f50, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a44f50

RGB164, 79, 80

HSL359, 35%, 48%

HSV359, 52%, 64%

CMYK0%, 52%, 51%, 36%

Lab44.32, 35.15, 16.01

XYZ19.55, 14.06, 9.27

Decimal10768208

Web safe#996666

Pantone696 C

Shades of brown

#964849 #874142 #793a3b #6b3334 #5c2c2d #4e2626 #401f1f #311818 #231111 #150a0a

Tints of brown

#b05c5d #b86c6d #c07d7e #c98e8f #d19f9f #d9b0b0 #e1c1c1 #e9d1d2 #f1e2e2 #f9f3f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#4fa4a3 Analogous#a44f7b Analogous#a4794f Triadic#50a44f Triadic#4f50a4 Split complementary#4fa479 Split complementary#4f7ba4

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 51, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a44f50 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 51 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 51 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 #a44f50 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a44f50; }
.text { color: #a44f50; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a44f50; }

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 #a44f50 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a44f50 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 #a44f50 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 #a44f50 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 #a44f50 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. 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.