Brown

#b8353c

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

Brown is a mid red that reads grounded. 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 #b8353c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8353c

RGB184, 53, 60

HSL357, 55%, 46%

HSV357, 71%, 72%

CMYK0%, 71%, 67%, 28%

Lab42.86, 52.63, 26.91

XYZ21.86, 13.06, 5.64

Decimal12072252

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone703 C

Shades of brown

#a83037 #982c32 #88272c #782327 #681e22 #58191d #481517 #381012 #280b0d #180708

Tints of brown

#c83f46 #cd5359 #d3666c #d97a7f #de8e92 #e4a2a5 #eab6b9 #f0cacc #f5dddf #fbf1f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#35b8b1 Analogous#b8357d Analogous#b87035 Triadic#3cb835 Triadic#353cb8 Split complementary#35b870 Split complementary#357db8

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, 71, 67, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8353c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 67 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 66 34

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 #b8353c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8353c; }
.text { color: #b8353c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8353c; }

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 #b8353c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8353c 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 #b8353c 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 #b8353c 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 #b8353c is computed, not guessed. 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.