Brown

#a7484a

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 359 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 #a7484a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7484a

RGB167, 72, 74

HSL359, 40%, 47%

HSV359, 57%, 65%

CMYK0%, 57%, 56%, 35%

Lab43.28, 39.34, 18.34

XYZ19.49, 13.34, 8.03

Decimal10963018

Web safe#993333

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#984244 #8a3b3d #7b3537 #6d2f30 #5e292a #502223 #411c1d #331616 #240f10 #150909

Tints of brown

#b55355 #bd6567 #c47778 #cc888a #d39a9b #dbacad #e3bdbe #eacfd0 #f2e1e1 #faf3f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#48a7a5 Analogous#a7487a Analogous#a77648 Triadic#4aa748 Triadic#484aa7 Split complementary#48a776 Split complementary#487aa7

Brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 56, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7484a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 56 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 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 #a7484a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7484a; }
.text { color: #a7484a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7484a; }

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 #a7484a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7484a 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 #a7484a 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 #a7484a 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

Every value on this page for #a7484a is computed, not guessed. 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.