Brown

#a93838

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

Brown is a deep red that reads serious. 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 #a93838, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a93838

RGB169, 56, 56

HSL0, 50%, 44%

HSV0, 67%, 66%

CMYK0%, 67%, 67%, 34%

Lab40.49, 46.22, 25.8

XYZ18.49, 11.55, 5.0

Decimal11089976

Web safe#993333

Pantone1807 C

Shades of brown

#9a3333 #8c2e2e #7d2929 #6f2525 #602020 #511b1b #431616 #341111 #260c0c #170808

Tints of brown

#bd3f3f #c55151 #cc6565 #d37979 #d98d8d #e0a1a1 #e7b5b5 #edc9c9 #f4dede #fbf2f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#38a9a9 Analogous#a93871 Analogous#a97138 Triadic#38a938 Triadic#3838a9 Split complementary#38a971 Split complementary#3870a9

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, 67, 67, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a93838 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 67 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 66 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 #a93838 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a93838; }
.text { color: #a93838; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a93838; }

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 #a93838 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a93838 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 #a93838 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 #a93838 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 #a93838 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.