Rosy brown

#b27985

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 #b27985, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b27985
RGB178, 121, 133
HSL347, 27%, 59%
HSV347, 32%, 70%
CMYK0%, 32%, 25%, 30%
Lab56.91, 23.99, 2.54
XYZ29.43, 24.83, 25.43
Decimal11696517
Web safe#996699
Pantone681 C
Pantone681 CHex#b27985Rgb178 121 133Cmyk0 32 25 30Lab57 24 3Darker#633942Deep#915360Lighter#caa8af

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, 32, 25, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b27985 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 32 25 30
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 33 27 36
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 #b27985 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b27985; }
.text { color: #b27985; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b27985; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b27985 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.52:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.97:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b27985 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 #b27985 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 #b27985 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 #b27985 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.