Brown

#860a29

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

This is Brown, a vivid red sitting at 345 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 #860a29, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#860a29

RGB134, 10, 41

HSL345, 86%, 28%

HSV345, 93%, 53%

CMYK0%, 93%, 69%, 47%

Lab27.97, 49.17, 18.19

XYZ10.34, 5.45, 2.6

Decimal8784425

Web safe#990033

Pantone188 C

Shades of brown

#7b0926 #710823 #66081f #5c071c #510619 #470516 #3c0412 #32040f #27030c #1c0209

Tints of brown

#a60c33 #c70f3d #e71147 #ef2c5d #f24c76 #f46d8f #f78da8 #f9aec0 #fbced9 #feeef2

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#0a8667 Analogous#860a67 Analogous#86290a Triadic#29860a Triadic#0a2986 Split complementary#0a8629 Split complementary#0a6786

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, 93, 69, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #860a29 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 93 69 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 90 67 53

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Brown in css

Copy #860a29 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #860a29; }
.text { color: #860a29; }
.border { border: 2px solid #860a29; }

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 #860a29 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #860a29 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 #860a29 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 #860a29 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 #860a29 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.