Rosy brown

#bb8a75

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

Rosy brown is a mid orange with confident warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bb8a75, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8a75

RGB187, 138, 117

HSL18, 34%, 60%

HSV18, 37%, 73%

CMYK0%, 26%, 37%, 27%

Lab61.68, 15.87, 18.56

XYZ32.79, 30.03, 20.9

Decimal12290677

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone4725 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b27a63 #a76c52 #956049 #825440 #704837 #5e3c2e #4b3125 #39251c #271913 #140d0a

Tints of rosy brown

#c19582 #c79f8e #ceaa9b #d4b5a7 #dabfb4 #e0cac1 #e6d5cd #eddfda #f3eae6 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#75a6bb Analogous#bb7583 Analogous#bbad75 Triadic#75bb8a Triadic#8a75bb Split complementary#75bbad Split complementary#7583bb

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 37, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8a75 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 37 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 38 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #bb8a75 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8a75; }
.text { color: #bb8a75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8a75; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb8a75 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8a75 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb8a75 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around rosy brown? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb8a75 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 rosy brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bb8a75 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.