Brown

#a64c47

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 #a64c47, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a64c47

RGB166, 76, 71

HSL3, 40%, 46%

HSV3, 57%, 65%

CMYK0%, 54%, 57%, 35%

Lab43.84, 36.68, 20.88

XYZ19.45, 13.73, 7.59

Decimal10898503

Web safe#993333

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#984541 #893f3b #7b3834 #6c322e #5e2b28 #4f2422 #411e1c #321716 #24100f #150a09

Tints of brown

#b55752 #bd6864 #c47a75 #cc8b87 #d39c99 #dbaeab #e3bfbd #ead0cf #f2e2e1 #faf3f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#47a1a6 Analogous#a64772 Analogous#a67b47 Triadic#47a64c Triadic#4c47a6 Split complementary#47a67b Split complementary#4772a6

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 54, 57, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a64c47 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 54 57 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 54 56 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 #a64c47 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a64c47; }
.text { color: #a64c47; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a64c47; }

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 #a64c47 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a64c47 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 #a64c47 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 #a64c47 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 #a64c47 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.