Rosy brown

#a48e8e

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 grounded. 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 #a48e8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a48e8e

RGB164, 142, 142

HSL0, 11%, 60%

HSV0, 13%, 64%

CMYK0%, 13%, 13%, 36%

Lab60.95, 8.24, 3.04

XYZ29.87, 29.19, 29.65

Decimal10784398

Web safe#999999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of rosy brown

#987f7f #8b7070 #7c6464 #6c5757 #5d4b4b #4e3f3f #3f3333 #2f2626 #201a1a #110e0e

Tints of rosy brown

#ac9898 #b5a3a3 #bdadad #c5b7b7 #cec2c2 #d6cccc #ded6d6 #e6e0e0 #efebeb #f7f5f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8ea4a4 Analogous#a48e99 Analogous#a4998e Triadic#8ea48e Triadic#8e8ea4 Split complementary#8ea499 Split complementary#8e99a4

Rosy brown in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 13, 13, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a48e8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 13 13 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 16 16 42

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #a48e8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a48e8e; }
.text { color: #a48e8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a48e8e; }

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 #a48e8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a48e8e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a48e8e 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a48e8e 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

Every value on this page for #a48e8e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.