Brown

#9e2848

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

Brown sits in the pink band, deep and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Brown color values

Every conversion for #9e2848, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e2848

RGB158, 40, 72

HSL344, 60%, 39%

HSV344, 75%, 62%

CMYK0%, 75%, 54%, 38%

Lab36.47, 50.08, 10.07

XYZ16.03, 9.25, 7.07

Decimal10365000

Web safe#993333

Pantone215 C

Shades of brown

#912542 #83213c #761e36 #691a30 #5b172a #4e1423 #40101d #330d17 #260a11 #18060b

Tints of brown

#b52e53 #cc355e #d24c71 #d86483 #de7b96 #e493a9 #eaaabb #f0c2ce #f5d9e1 #fbf1f4

Colors that go with brown

Complementary#289e7e Analogous#9e2883 Analogous#9e4328 Triadic#489e28 Triadic#28489e Split complementary#289e43 Split complementary#28839e

Brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 54, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e2848 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 54 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 54 44

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

Brown in css

Copy #9e2848 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e2848; }
.text { color: #9e2848; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e2848; }

How brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e2848 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e2848 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 #9e2848 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 #9e2848 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9e2848 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.