Brown

#bb1839

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

This is Brown, a strong red sitting at 348 degrees on the wheel. 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 #bb1839, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb1839

RGB187, 24, 57

HSL348, 77%, 41%

HSV348, 87%, 73%

CMYK0%, 87%, 70%, 27%

Lab40.43, 61.69, 25.88

XYZ21.56, 11.51, 4.96

Decimal12261433

Web safe#cc0033

Pantone1935 C

Shades of brown

#ab1634 #9b142f #8b122a #7b1026 #6b0e21 #5b0c1c #4b0a17 #3b0812 #2b060d #1b0308

Tints of brown

#d41b41 #e3284e #e74162 #ea5a77 #ed738b #f08ca0 #f3a4b4 #f7bdc9 #fad6dd #fdeff2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#18bb9a Analogous#bb188a Analogous#bb4918 Triadic#39bb18 Triadic#1839bb Split complementary#18bb49 Split complementary#188abb

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, 87, 70, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb1839 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 87 70 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 84 68 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 #bb1839 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb1839; }
.text { color: #bb1839; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb1839; }

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 #bb1839 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb1839 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 #bb1839 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 #bb1839 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 #bb1839 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.