Brown

#b11b3b

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 347 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #b11b3b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b11b3b

RGB177, 27, 59

HSL347, 74%, 40%

HSV347, 85%, 69%

CMYK0%, 85%, 67%, 31%

Lab38.63, 58.46, 21.93

XYZ19.31, 10.45, 5.14

Decimal11606843

Web safe#993333

Pantone1945 C

Shades of brown

#a21936 #931631 #84142c #751227 #661022 #570d1d #480b18 #390913 #2a060e #1b0409

Tints of brown

#ca1f43 #de284e #e24163 #e65a77 #ea738c #ed8ca0 #f1a5b5 #f5bec9 #f9d7de #fdf0f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#1bb191 Analogous#b11b86 Analogous#b1461b Triadic#3bb11b Triadic#1b3bb1 Split complementary#1bb146 Split complementary#1b86b1

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 67, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b11b3b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 67 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 66 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #b11b3b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b11b3b; }
.text { color: #b11b3b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b11b3b; }

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 #b11b3b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b11b3b 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 #b11b3b 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 #b11b3b 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 #b11b3b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.