Brown

#bb2939

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 353 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #bb2939, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb2939

RGB187, 41, 57

HSL353, 64%, 45%

HSV353, 78%, 73%

CMYK0%, 78%, 70%, 27%

Lab41.92, 57.47, 27.7

XYZ22.02, 12.45, 5.11

Decimal12265785

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone200 C

Shades of brown

#ab2534 #9b222f #8a1e2a #7a1b25 #6a1720 #5a141b #4a1016 #390d12 #29090d #190608

Tints of brown

#d12e40 #d64353 #db5967 #df6e7b #e4848f #e99aa2 #eeafb6 #f2c5ca #f7dbde #fcf0f2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#29bbab Analogous#bb2982 Analogous#bb6229 Triadic#39bb29 Triadic#2939bb Split complementary#29bb62 Split complementary#2982bb

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, 78, 70, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb2939 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 78 70 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 76 68 33

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

Brown in css

Copy #bb2939 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb2939; }
.text { color: #bb2939; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb2939; }

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 #bb2939 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb2939 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 #bb2939 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 #bb2939 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 #bb2939 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.