Brown

#af2e2e

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

This is Brown, a strong red sitting at 0 degrees on the wheel. 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 #af2e2e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af2e2e

RGB175, 46, 46

HSL0, 58%, 43%

HSV0, 74%, 69%

CMYK0%, 74%, 74%, 31%

Lab40.02, 51.64, 31.52

XYZ19.15, 11.27, 3.75

Decimal11480622

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of brown

#a02a2a #912626 #822222 #731e1e #641a1a #551616 #451212 #360e0e #270a0a #180606

Tints of brown

#c43434 #ce4545 #d45b5b #d97070 #df8686 #e59b9b #eab0b0 #f0c6c6 #f6dbdb #fbf1f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#2eafaf Analogous#af2e6f Analogous#af6f2e Triadic#2eaf2e Triadic#2e2eaf Split complementary#2eaf6f Split complementary#2e6eaf

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, 74, 74, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af2e2e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 74 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 72 37

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 #af2e2e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af2e2e; }
.text { color: #af2e2e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af2e2e; }

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 #af2e2e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af2e2e 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 #af2e2e 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 #af2e2e 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

Here is how the numbers for #af2e2e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.