Brown

#a72049

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

This is Brown, a strong pink at 342 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #a72049, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a72049

RGB167, 32, 73

HSL342, 68%, 39%

HSV342, 81%, 65%

CMYK0%, 81%, 56%, 35%

Lab37.35, 55.32, 10.92

XYZ17.66, 9.73, 7.25

Decimal10952777

Web safe#993333

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#991d43 #8b1b3d #7d1836 #6e1530 #60122a #521024 #440d1e #360a18 #280811 #1a050b

Tints of brown

#c02554 #d62b5f #db4472 #e05c84 #e57597 #e98ea9 #eea6bc #f3bfcf #f7d7e1 #fcf0f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#20a77e Analogous#a7208c Analogous#a73a20 Triadic#49a720 Triadic#2049a7 Split complementary#20a73b Split complementary#208ca7

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 81, 56, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a72049 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 81 56 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 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 #a72049 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a72049; }
.text { color: #a72049; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a72049; }

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 #a72049 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a72049 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 #a72049 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 #a72049 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 #a72049 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.