Brown

#a5443c

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

Brown is a deep red that reads rich. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a5443c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a5443c

RGB165, 68, 60

HSL5, 47%, 44%

HSV5, 64%, 65%

CMYK0%, 59%, 64%, 35%

Lab41.94, 39.51, 25.03

XYZ18.4, 12.46, 5.71

Decimal10830908

Web safe#993333

Pantone1807 C

Shades of brown

#973e37 #883832 #7a322c #6c2c27 #5e2722 #4f211d #411b18 #331513 #250f0d #160908

Tints of brown

#b94c43 #c15d55 #c87069 #cf837c #d79590 #dea8a4 #e5bbb7 #eccdcb #f3e0de #faf3f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#3c9da5 Analogous#a53c69 Analogous#a5783c Triadic#3ca544 Triadic#443ca5 Split complementary#3ca579 Split complementary#3c68a5

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 64, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a5443c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 64 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 63 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 #a5443c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a5443c; }
.text { color: #a5443c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a5443c; }

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 #a5443c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a5443c 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 #a5443c 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 #a5443c 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 #a5443c 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.