Brown

#bb062e

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

Brown lands in the red band, deep and vivid. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #bb062e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb062e

RGB187, 6, 46

HSL347, 94%, 38%

HSV347, 97%, 73%

CMYK0%, 97%, 75%, 27%

Lab39.4, 63.73, 31.46

XYZ21.05, 10.89, 3.58

Decimal12256814

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone187 C

Shades of brown

#ab052a #9c0526 #8c0422 #7c041f #6c031b #5d0317 #4d0213 #3d020f #2d010b #1e0107

Tints of brown

#d80735 #f5083c #f82352 #f94069 #fa5d7f #fb7a96 #fc97ad #fdb4c4 #fed1db #feeef1

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#06bb93 Analogous#bb0688 Analogous#bb3906 Triadic#2ebb06 Triadic#062ebb Split complementary#06bb39 Split complementary#0688bb

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, 97, 75, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb062e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 97 75 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 93 73 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 #bb062e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb062e; }
.text { color: #bb062e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb062e; }

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 #bb062e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb062e 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 #bb062e 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 #bb062e 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 #bb062e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.