Brown

#b41e45

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

This is Brown, a strong pink at 344 degrees. 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 #b41e45, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b41e45

RGB180, 30, 69

HSL344, 71%, 41%

HSV344, 83%, 71%

CMYK0%, 83%, 62%, 29%

Lab39.68, 59.16, 17.08

XYZ20.36, 11.06, 6.69

Decimal11804229

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1945 C

Shades of brown

#a51b3f #951939 #861633 #76142d #671128 #580f22 #480c1c #390916 #2a0710 #1a040a

Tints of brown

#cc224e #dc2e5b #e0466e #e45f81 #e87794 #ec8fa7 #f0a7ba #f4bfcd #f8d8e0 #fcf0f3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#1eb48d Analogous#b41e90 Analogous#b4421e Triadic#45b41e Triadic#1e45b4 Split complementary#1eb442 Split complementary#1e90b4

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, 83, 62, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b41e45 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 83 62 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 80 61 35

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 #b41e45 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b41e45; }
.text { color: #b41e45; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b41e45; }

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 #b41e45 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b41e45 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 #b41e45 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 #b41e45 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 #b41e45 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.