Brown

#b3323b

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 356 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #b3323b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b3323b

RGB179, 50, 59

HSL356, 56%, 45%

HSV356, 72%, 70%

CMYK0%, 72%, 67%, 30%

Lab41.5, 52.1, 25.63

XYZ20.52, 12.18, 5.41

Decimal11743803

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#a32e36 #942931 #84252c #752127 #651c21 #56181c #461417 #370f12 #270b0d #180708

Tints of brown

#c73842 #cd4c55 #d36169 #d9767d #de8a90 #e49fa4 #eab3b7 #f0c8cb #f5dcde #fbf1f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#32b3aa Analogous#b3327b Analogous#b36932 Triadic#3bb332 Triadic#323bb3 Split complementary#32b369 Split complementary#327bb3

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, 72, 67, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b3323b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 67 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 66 36

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 #b3323b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b3323b; }
.text { color: #b3323b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b3323b; }

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 #b3323b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b3323b 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 #b3323b 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 #b3323b 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 #b3323b is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.