Rosy brown

#b8989e

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

This is Rosy brown, a muted red sitting at 349 degrees on the wheel. 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 #b8989e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8989e

RGB184, 152, 158

HSL349, 18%, 66%

HSV349, 17%, 72%

CMYK0%, 17%, 14%, 28%

Lab65.84, 12.88, 1.33

XYZ37.17, 35.12, 37.17

Decimal12097694

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of rosy brown

#ac868d #9f747c #91646c #7f575f #6d4b51 #5a3e44 #483236 #362529 #24191b #120c0e

Tints of rosy brown

#bea1a7 #c5aaaf #cbb4b8 #d1bdc1 #d8c6ca #decfd2 #e5d9db #ebe2e4 #f1ebec #f8f4f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#98b8b2 Analogous#b898ae Analogous#b8a298 Triadic#9eb898 Triadic#989eb8 Split complementary#98b8a2 Split complementary#98aeb8

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, 17, 14, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8989e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 14 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 17 34

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 #b8989e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8989e; }
.text { color: #b8989e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8989e; }

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 #b8989e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8989e 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 #b8989e 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 #b8989e 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 #b8989e are worked out. 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.