Rosy brown

#b17e6e

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

Rosy brown is a mid red that reads balanced. 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 #b17e6e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b17e6e

RGB177, 126, 110

HSL14, 30%, 56%

HSV14, 38%, 69%

CMYK0%, 29%, 38%, 31%

Lab57.46, 17.67, 16.57

XYZ28.41, 25.39, 18.16

Decimal11632238

Web safe#996666

Pantone479 C

Shades of rosy brown

#a86f5d #996352 #895949 #784e41 #674338 #57382f #462d26 #35231d #251814 #140d0b

Tints of rosy brown

#b88a7b #bf9689 #c7a296 #ceada3 #d5b9b1 #dcc5be #e3d1cb #eaddd9 #f2e9e6 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#6ea1b1 Analogous#b16e7f Analogous#b1a06e Triadic#6eb17e Triadic#7e6eb1 Split complementary#6eb1a0 Split complementary#6e7fb1

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, 38, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b17e6e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 38 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 39 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #b17e6e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b17e6e; }
.text { color: #b17e6e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b17e6e; }

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 #b17e6e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b17e6e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b17e6e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b17e6e 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 #b17e6e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.