Brown

#ab4555

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

Brown is a mid red that reads grounded. 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 #ab4555, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab4555

RGB171, 69, 85

HSL351, 43%, 47%

HSV351, 60%, 67%

CMYK0%, 60%, 50%, 33%

Lab43.61, 43.22, 12.15

XYZ20.56, 13.57, 10.13

Decimal11224405

Web safe#993366

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#9c3f4e #8d3946 #7e333f #6f2d37 #602730 #512129 #431b21 #34151a #250f12 #16090b

Tints of brown

#b95161 #c06371 #c77581 #ce8692 #d698a2 #ddaab2 #e4bcc3 #ebced3 #f3e0e3 #faf2f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#45ab9b Analogous#ab4588 Analogous#ab6845 Triadic#55ab45 Triadic#4555ab Split complementary#45ab68 Split complementary#4588ab

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 50, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab4555 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 50 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 50 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.

Brown in css

Copy #ab4555 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab4555; }
.text { color: #ab4555; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab4555; }

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 #ab4555 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab4555 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 #ab4555 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 #ab4555 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 #ab4555 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.