Rosy brown

#a97b70

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 12 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 #a97b70, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a97b70

RGB169, 123, 112

HSL12, 25%, 55%

HSV12, 34%, 66%

CMYK0%, 27%, 34%, 34%

Lab55.86, 16.38, 13.06

XYZ26.37, 23.77, 18.53

Decimal11107184

Web safe#996666

Pantone4715 C

Shades of rosy brown

#a06d60 #906257 #81574d #714d44 #61423b #523731 #422d28 #32221e #231815 #130d0b

Tints of rosy brown

#b1877d #b9938a #c1a098 #c9aca5 #d1b8b2 #d9c4bf #e1d0cc #e8dcd9 #f0e9e7 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#709ea9 Analogous#a97082 Analogous#a99870 Triadic#70a97b Triadic#7b70a9 Split complementary#70a998 Split complementary#7082a9

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 34, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a97b70 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 34 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 35 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 #a97b70 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a97b70; }
.text { color: #a97b70; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a97b70; }

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 #a97b70 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a97b70 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 #a97b70 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 #a97b70 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 #a97b70 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.