Brown

#b60a3a

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #b60a3a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b60a3a

RGB182, 10, 58

HSL343, 90%, 38%

HSV343, 95%, 71%

CMYK0%, 95%, 68%, 29%

Lab38.67, 62.56, 22.83

XYZ20.16, 10.47, 4.96

Decimal11930170

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1935 C

Shades of brown

#a70935 #970830 #88072b #790726 #6a0622 #5a051d #4b0418 #3c0313 #2c020e #1d0209

Tints of brown

#d20c43 #ef0d4c #f32760 #f54375 #f6608a #f87c9f #f999b4 #fbb5c9 #fdd2de #feeef3

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0ab686 Analogous#b60a90 Analogous#b6300a Triadic#3ab60a Triadic#0a3ab6 Split complementary#0ab630 Split complementary#0a90b6

Brown in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 95, 68, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b60a3a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 95 68 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 91 67 35

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 #b60a3a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b60a3a; }
.text { color: #b60a3a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b60a3a; }

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 #b60a3a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b60a3a 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 #b60a3a 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 #b60a3a 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 #b60a3a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.