Rosy brown

#bd8b8a

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

Rosy brown is a mid red that reads confident. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bd8b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd8b8a

RGB189, 139, 138

HSL1, 28%, 64%

HSV1, 27%, 74%

CMYK0%, 26%, 27%, 26%

Lab62.61, 18.89, 8.02

XYZ34.81, 31.12, 28.22

Decimal12422026

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5005 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b27877 #a86564 #985756 #854c4b #724140 #5f3736 #4c2c2b #392120 #271616 #140b0b

Tints of rosy brown

#c39595 #c9a09f #cfaaaa #d5b5b4 #dbbfbf #e1cac9 #e7d4d4 #eddfde #f3e9e9 #f9f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8abcbd Analogous#bd8aa2 Analogous#bda48a Triadic#8abd8b Triadic#8b8abd Split complementary#8abda4 Split complementary#8aa3bd

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 27, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd8b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 27 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 29 32

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 #bd8b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd8b8a; }
.text { color: #bd8b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd8b8a; }

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 #bd8b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd8b8a 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 #bd8b8a 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 #bd8b8a 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bd8b8a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.