Brown

#b91c39

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

Brown is a deep red that reads serious. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #b91c39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b91c39

RGB185, 28, 57

HSL349, 74%, 42%

HSV349, 85%, 73%

CMYK0%, 85%, 69%, 27%

Lab40.31, 60.32, 25.64

XYZ21.16, 11.44, 4.96

Decimal12131385

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1935 C

Shades of brown

#a91a34 #99172f #89152a #7a1225 #6a1021 #5a0e1c #4a0b17 #3a0912 #2a060d #1b0408

Tints of brown

#d12040 #df2e4e #e34663 #e75e77 #ea768c #ee8fa0 #f2a7b5 #f5bfc9 #f9d7dd #fdeff2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#1cb99c Analogous#b91c87 Analogous#b94d1c Triadic#39b91c Triadic#1c39b9 Split complementary#1cb94d Split complementary#1c88b9

Brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 69, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b91c39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 69 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 67 33

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #b91c39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b91c39; }
.text { color: #b91c39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b91c39; }

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 #b91c39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b91c39 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 #b91c39 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 #b91c39 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

The figures for #b91c39 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.