Rosy brown

#b8a4aa

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 #b8a4aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a4aa
RGB184, 164, 170
HSL342, 12%, 68%
HSV342, 11%, 72%
CMYK0%, 11%, 8%, 28%
Lab69.21, 8.32, -0.44
XYZ40.3, 39.64, 43.56
Decimal12100778
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5295 C
Pantone5295 CHex#b8a4aaRgb184 164 170Cmyk0 11 8 28Lab69 8 0Darker#735a62Deep#997c85Lighter#d7cdd0

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 8, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a4aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 11 8 28
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 14 11 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 #b8a4aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a4aa; }
.text { color: #b8a4aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a4aa; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b8a4aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.35:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.93:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a4aa 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 #b8a4aa 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 #b8a4aa 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #b8a4aa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.