Brown

#a5002e

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

This is Brown, a vivid pink at 343 degrees. 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 #a5002e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a5002e

RGB165, 0, 46

HSL343, 100%, 32%

HSV343, 100%, 65%

CMYK0%, 100%, 72%, 35%

Lab34.39, 58.94, 24.38

XYZ16.01, 8.2, 3.32

Decimal10813486

Web safe#990033

Pantone1945 C

Shades of brown

#98002a #8a0027 #7d0023 #6f001f #62001b #540018 #470014 #390010 #2c000c #1f0009

Tints of brown

#c60037 #e60040 #ff084d #ff2965 #ff4a7c #ff6a94 #ff8bab #ffacc3 #ffccdb #ffedf2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#00a577 Analogous#a50080 Analogous#a52500 Triadic#2ea500 Triadic#002ea5 Split complementary#00a525 Split complementary#0081a5

Brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 72, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a5002e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 72 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 70 41

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #a5002e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a5002e; }
.text { color: #a5002e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a5002e; }

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 #a5002e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a5002e 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 #a5002e 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 #a5002e 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 #a5002e 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 uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.