Rosy brown

#ab8d8a

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

Rosy brown lands in the red band, mid and muted. 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 #ab8d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab8d8a

RGB171, 141, 138

HSL5, 16%, 61%

HSV5, 19%, 67%

CMYK0%, 18%, 19%, 33%

Lab61.26, 10.82, 5.84

XYZ30.91, 29.54, 28.12

Decimal11242890

Web safe#999999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of rosy brown

#9f7d7a #936e6a #83625e #735653 #634947 #533d3b #423130 #322524 #221918 #120d0d

Tints of rosy brown

#b39795 #baa29f #c2acaa #cab7b5 #d1c1bf #d9cbca #e1d6d5 #e8e0df #f0eaea #f8f5f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8aa8ab Analogous#ab8a97 Analogous#ab9e8a Triadic#8aab8d Triadic#8d8aab Split complementary#8aab9e Split complementary#8a97ab

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 19, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab8d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 18 19 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 21 39

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 #ab8d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab8d8a; }
.text { color: #ab8d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab8d8a; }

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 #ab8d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab8d8a 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 #ab8d8a 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 #ab8d8a 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 #ab8d8a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.