Sienna

#aa5144

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

Sienna is a mid red that reads confident. 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.

Sienna color values

Every conversion for #aa5144, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa5144

RGB170, 81, 68

HSL8, 43%, 47%

HSV8, 60%, 67%

CMYK0%, 52%, 60%, 33%

Lab45.43, 35.4, 24.84

XYZ20.56, 14.85, 7.25

Decimal11161924

Web safe#996633

Pantone180 C

Shades of sienna

#9b4a3e #8c4338 #7e3c32 #6f352c #602e26 #512720 #42201b #331915 #25110f #160a09

Tints of sienna

#b95c4f #c06d61 #c77e73 #ce8f85 #d69f97 #ddb0aa #e4c1bc #ebd2ce #f3e2e0 #faf3f2

Colors that go with sienna

Complementary#449daa Analogous#aa446a Analogous#aa8444 Triadic#44aa51 Triadic#5144aa Split complementary#44aa84 Split complementary#446aaa

Sienna 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, 52, 60, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa5144 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 60 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 59 39

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.

Sienna in css

Copy #aa5144 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa5144; }
.text { color: #aa5144; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa5144; }

How sienna looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sienna and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #aa5144 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa5144 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sienna on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aa5144 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sienna? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn sienna into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aa5144 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 sienna, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #aa5144 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.