Brown

#af0941

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

This is Brown, a vivid pink at 340 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #af0941, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af0941

RGB175, 9, 65

HSL340, 90%, 36%

HSV340, 95%, 69%

CMYK0%, 95%, 63%, 31%

Lab37.28, 61.3, 16.25

XYZ18.73, 9.69, 5.88

Decimal11471169

Web safe#990033

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#a0083c #920736 #830731 #75062b #660526 #570420 #49041b #3a0316 #2c0210 #1d010b

Tints of brown

#cc0b4c #ea0c57 #f42168 #f53e7c #f75b90 #f879a4 #fa96b8 #fbb3cc #fdd1e0 #feeef3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#09af77 Analogous#af0994 Analogous#af2409 Triadic#41af09 Triadic#0941af Split complementary#09af24 Split complementary#0994af

Brown in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 95, 63, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af0941 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 95 63 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 91 62 37

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 #af0941 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af0941; }
.text { color: #af0941; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af0941; }

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 #af0941 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af0941 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 #af0941 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 #af0941 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 #af0941 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.