Shades of Brown
Named brown shades with their HEX codes, a light-to-dark scale, and real brown paint colours across 16 brands. Tap any shade to open its full colour page.
There are dozens of shades of brown — from light tints to deep, dark tones. This page lists named brown shades with their HEX codes (e.g. Brown is #8B5A2B), a light-to-dark scale, and real brown paint colours across 16 brands.
A generated tint-to-shade ramp of brown. Tap a band to copy its hex.
Our color tools run on our own catalogue of 26,000+ real paint colors across 16 brands — Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux, RAL and more — with the color math (HSL and CIELAB matching) computed in-house, not scraped from summaries. Every color you pick maps to a real, buyable paint with its code, so what you see here you can actually take to the store. We review and update these tools and their data regularly.
Created by Denis Kataev, founder of DSGN.HOUSE — a software engineer and digital entrepreneur building professional color-design tools for everyone.
What are the shades of brown?+
Shades of brown range from pale, light tints to deep, dark tones. Below are 1139 named brown colours with their HEX codes, plus a light-to-dark scale and matching real paints.
What is the HEX code for brown?+
A representative brown is #8B5A2B. There's no single code — brown spans a range of hues; see the named shades above for each one's exact HEX.
What are the names of brown shades?+
Popular brown shades include named colours like the ones listed above — each with its exact HEX code, so you can copy and use it in design or match it to paint.
Can I get brown paint?+
Yes — the paint matches above show real brown paint colours across 16 brands (Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux and more) with their codes, so you can buy the exact shade.