Brown

#a55064

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

This is Brown, a soft red sitting at 346 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #a55064, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a55064

RGB165, 80, 100

HSL346, 35%, 48%

HSV346, 52%, 65%

CMYK0%, 52%, 39%, 35%

Lab45.16, 37.13, 5.0

XYZ20.69, 14.66, 13.8

Decimal10834020

Web safe#996666

Pantone682 C

Shades of brown

#97495b #884252 #7a3b4a #6b3441 #5d2d38 #4e262f #401f27 #31181e #231115 #150a0c

Tints of brown

#b15d71 #b96e7f #c17e8e #c98f9d #d1a0ab #d9b0ba #e1c1c9 #e9d2d7 #f1e2e6 #f9f3f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#50a591 Analogous#a5508e Analogous#a56650 Triadic#64a550 Triadic#5064a5 Split complementary#50a567 Split complementary#508fa5

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 39, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a55064 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 39 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 40 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 #a55064 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a55064; }
.text { color: #a55064; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a55064; }

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 #a55064 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a55064 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 #a55064 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 #a55064 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 #a55064 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.