Brown

#a70232

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

Brown is a deep pink, weighty and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a70232, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a70232

RGB167, 2, 50

HSL343, 98%, 33%

HSV343, 99%, 65%

CMYK0%, 99%, 70%, 35%

Lab34.98, 59.37, 22.63

XYZ16.53, 8.49, 3.78

Decimal10945074

Web safe#990033

Pantone1945 C

Shades of brown

#99022e #8c022a #7e0226 #700122 #63011e #550119 #470115 #3a0111 #2c010d #1e0009

Tints of brown

#c7023c #e70345 #fc0e53 #fc2e6a #fd4e81 #fd6e97 #fe8eae #feadc5 #fecddc #ffedf2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#02a777 Analogous#a70285 Analogous#a72502 Triadic#32a702 Triadic#0232a7 Split complementary#02a725 Split complementary#0285a7

Brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 99, 70, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a70232 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 99 70 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 95 68 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 #a70232 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a70232; }
.text { color: #a70232; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a70232; }

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 #a70232 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a70232 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 #a70232 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 #a70232 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

Here is how the numbers for #a70232 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.