Rosy brown

#ae8496

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

Rosy brown is a mid pink, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #ae8496, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8496
RGB174, 132, 150
HSL334, 21%, 60%
HSV334, 24%, 68%
CMYK0%, 24%, 14%, 32%
Lab59.62, 19.01, -3.36
XYZ31.21, 27.7, 32.56
Decimal11437206
Web safe#999999
Pantone5145 C
Pantone5145 CHex#ae8496Rgb174 132 150Cmyk0 24 14 32Lab60 19 -3Darker#62414fDeep#8d5d72Lighter#c9b0bb

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

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, 24, 14, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8496 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 24 14 32
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 26 17 38
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 #ae8496 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8496; }
.text { color: #ae8496; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8496; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ae8496 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.21:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.54:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8496 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 #ae8496 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ae8496 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ae8496 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.