Brown

#b03436

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

This is Brown, a soft red sitting at 359 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #b03436, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b03436

RGB176, 52, 54

HSL359, 54%, 45%

HSV359, 70%, 69%

CMYK0%, 70%, 69%, 31%

Lab41.14, 50.1, 28.09

XYZ19.8, 11.95, 4.75

Decimal11547702

Web safe#993333

Pantone187 C

Shades of brown

#a12f31 #922b2d #822628 #732223 #641d1f #55191a #451415 #361011 #270b0c #180707

Tints of brown

#c43a3c #cb4e50 #d16264 #d77778 #dd8b8d #e3a0a1 #e9b4b5 #efc8c9 #f5dddd #fbf1f1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#34b0ae Analogous#b03474 Analogous#b07034 Triadic#36b034 Triadic#3436b0 Split complementary#34b070 Split complementary#3474b0

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 69, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b03436 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 69 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 67 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #b03436 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b03436; }
.text { color: #b03436; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b03436; }

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 #b03436 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b03436 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b03436 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b03436 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 #b03436 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.