Brown

#a5212e

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

Brown lands in the red band, deep and strong. 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 #a5212e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a5212e

RGB165, 33, 46

HSL354, 67%, 39%

HSV354, 80%, 65%

CMYK0%, 80%, 72%, 35%

Lab36.53, 52.82, 26.94

XYZ16.55, 9.28, 3.5

Decimal10821934

Web safe#993333

Pantone187 C

Shades of brown

#971e2a #891b26 #7b1922 #6d161e #5f131b #511017 #430d13 #350b0f #27080b #1a0507

Tints of brown

#be2635 #d52c3d #da4553 #df5d6a #e47680 #e88e97 #eda7ae #f2bfc4 #f7d8db #fcf0f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#21a598 Analogous#a52170 Analogous#a55621 Triadic#2ea521 Triadic#212ea5 Split complementary#21a556 Split complementary#2170a5

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 80, 72, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a5212e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 80 72 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 78 70 41

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 #a5212e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a5212e; }
.text { color: #a5212e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a5212e; }

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 #a5212e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a5212e 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 #a5212e 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 #a5212e 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 #a5212e 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.