BASIC BROWN 17
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 3081
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
BASIC BROWN 17: Allowed with restrictions, with limits depending on the product type (Annex III, entry 304), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
- Entry
- Annex III, No 304
- Substance
- 2-Naphthalenaminium, 8-[(4- amino-3-nitrophenyl)azo]-7-hydroxy- N,N,N-trimethyl-, chloride
- Glossary names
- BASIC BROWN 17
- CAS
- 68391-32-2
- EC
- 269-944-0
- Product type
- Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products
- Maximum concentration
- As from 3 September 2017: 2,0 %
Dates in the act (3)
- Entry into force on 3 March 2017
- Condition applicable from 3 September 2017
As from 3 September 2017: 0,5 % As from 3 March 2018: “ Hair colourants can cause severe allergic reactions
- Condition applicable from 3 March 2018
As from 3 March 2018, to be printed on the label: The mixing ratio
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 32071
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 68391-32-2
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 269-944-0
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
- Wikidata
- Q27253990
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.063.566
- InChIKey
- CMPPYVDBIJWGCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Allowed colorant: 염기성갈색 17 호 (Basic Brown 17) CI 12251 (Basic Brown 17)
색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 106, page 5. Limit: 2%. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 염모용 화장품에만 사용 | ◎ 사용한도 2% | 비고: 타르색소
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
6 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.