Brown

#ab1b4a

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 340 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 #ab1b4a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab1b4a

RGB171, 27, 74

HSL340, 73%, 39%

HSV340, 84%, 67%

CMYK0%, 84%, 57%, 33%

Lab37.73, 57.78, 10.92

XYZ18.42, 9.94, 7.43

Decimal11213642

Web safe#993333

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#9d1944 #8e163d #801437 #711231 #63102b #540d24 #460b1e #370918 #290612 #1a040b

Tints of brown

#c41f55 #dc2460 #e03e73 #e45785 #e97198 #ed8aaa #f1a3bd #f5bdcf #f9d6e1 #fdf0f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#1bab7c Analogous#ab1b92 Analogous#ab341b Triadic#4aab1b Triadic#1b4aab Split complementary#1bab34 Split complementary#1b92ab

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, 84, 57, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab1b4a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 57 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 56 39

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ab1b4a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab1b4a; }
.text { color: #ab1b4a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab1b4a; }

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 #ab1b4a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab1b4a 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 #ab1b4a 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 #ab1b4a 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 #ab1b4a is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.