Brown

#b60c39

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

Brown sits in the pink band, deep and vivid. 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 #b60c39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b60c39

RGB182, 12, 57

HSL344, 88%, 38%

HSV344, 93%, 71%

CMYK0%, 93%, 69%, 29%

Lab38.73, 62.28, 23.54

XYZ20.16, 10.5, 4.84

Decimal11930681

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1935 C

Shades of brown

#a70b34 #970a2f #88092b #790826 #690721 #5a061c #4b0517 #3b0413 #2c030e #1d0209

Tints of brown

#d20e42 #ee104b #f12a5f #f34674 #f56289 #f77e9e #f89ab3 #fab6c8 #fcd2dd #feeef2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0cb689 Analogous#b60c8e Analogous#b6340c Triadic#39b60c Triadic#0c39b6 Split complementary#0cb634 Split complementary#0c8eb6

Brown in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 93, 69, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b60c39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 93 69 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 90 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 #b60c39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b60c39; }
.text { color: #b60c39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b60c39; }

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 #b60c39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b60c39 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 #b60c39 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 #b60c39 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 #b60c39 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.