Rosy brown

#a9787b

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

This is Rosy brown, a muted red sitting at 356 degrees on the wheel. 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 #a9787b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9787b

RGB169, 120, 123

HSL356, 22%, 57%

HSV356, 29%, 66%

CMYK0%, 29%, 27%, 34%

Lab55.38, 19.61, 6.01

XYZ26.65, 23.3, 21.83

Decimal11106427

Web safe#996666

Pantone4995 C

Shades of rosy brown

#9f686c #915c60 #815255 #71484b #623e40 #523436 #422a2c #322021 #221617 #130c0c

Tints of rosy brown

#b18487 #b99193 #c19d9f #c9aaac #d1b6b8 #d8c2c4 #e0cfd0 #e8dbdc #f0e8e8 #f8f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#78a9a6 Analogous#a97894 Analogous#a98d78 Triadic#7ba978 Triadic#787ba9 Split complementary#78a98e Split complementary#7894a9

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, 29, 27, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9787b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 27 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 29 40

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 #a9787b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9787b; }
.text { color: #a9787b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9787b; }

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 #a9787b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9787b 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 #a9787b 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 #a9787b 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 #a9787b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.