Rosy brown

#af8b98

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

Rosy brown sits in the pink band, mid and muted. 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 #af8b98, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af8b98

RGB175, 139, 152

HSL338, 18%, 62%

HSV338, 21%, 69%

CMYK0%, 21%, 13%, 31%

Lab61.52, 15.78, -1.69

XYZ32.58, 29.85, 33.75

Decimal11504536

Web safe#999999

Pantone5145 C

Shades of rosy brown

#a37a89 #98697a #885d6d #77525f #664652 #553b44 #442f37 #342429 #23181c #120c0f

Tints of rosy brown

#b696a1 #bea0ab #c5abb4 #ccb5bd #d3c0c7 #dbcad0 #e2d5da #e9dfe3 #f0eaec #f8f4f6

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8bafa2 Analogous#af8baa Analogous#af908b Triadic#98af8b Triadic#8b98af Split complementary#8baf90 Split complementary#8baaaf

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, 21, 13, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af8b98 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 13 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 16 37

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 #af8b98 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af8b98; }
.text { color: #af8b98; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af8b98; }

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 #af8b98 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af8b98 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 #af8b98 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 #af8b98 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

The figures for #af8b98 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.