Brown

#b3003e

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

Brown is a deep pink, weighty and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #b3003e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b3003e

RGB179, 0, 62

HSL339, 100%, 35%

HSV339, 100%, 70%

CMYK0%, 100%, 65%, 30%

Lab37.72, 63.15, 18.92

XYZ19.46, 9.93, 5.45

Decimal11731006

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1945 C

Shades of brown

#a40039 #950034 #86002f #780029 #690024 #5a001f #4b001a #3c0015 #2d0010 #1f000b

Tints of brown

#d20049 #f20054 #ff1264 #ff3179 #ff518d #ff70a1 #ff8fb6 #ffafca #ffcedf #ffedf3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#00b375 Analogous#b30098 Analogous#b31b00 Triadic#3eb300 Triadic#003eb3 Split complementary#00b31b Split complementary#0098b3

Brown in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 65, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b3003e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 65 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 64 36

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 #b3003e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b3003e; }
.text { color: #b3003e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b3003e; }

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 #b3003e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b3003e 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 #b3003e 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 #b3003e 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

Every value on this page for #b3003e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.