Brown

#a9332b

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

This is Brown, a strong red sitting at 4 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #a9332b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9332b

RGB169, 51, 43

HSL4, 59%, 42%

HSV4, 75%, 66%

CMYK0%, 70%, 75%, 34%

Lab39.54, 47.63, 32.43

XYZ17.98, 10.98, 3.46

Decimal11088683

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of brown

#9b2f27 #8c2a24 #7e2620 #6f221c #611d19 #521915 #441411 #35100e #270c0a #180706

Tints of brown

#bf3a31 #ce473e #d45d54 #d9726b #df8781 #e59c97 #eab2ae #f0c7c4 #f6dcda #fbf1f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#2ba1a9 Analogous#a92b62 Analogous#a9722b Triadic#2ba933 Triadic#332ba9 Split complementary#2ba972 Split complementary#2b62a9

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 75, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9332b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 75 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 73 40

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 #a9332b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9332b; }
.text { color: #a9332b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9332b; }

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 #a9332b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9332b 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 #a9332b 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 #a9332b 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 #a9332b 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.