Rosy brown

#b9a0a4

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. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #b9a0a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9a0a4
RGB185, 160, 164
HSL350, 15%, 68%
HSV350, 14%, 73%
CMYK0%, 14%, 11%, 27%
Lab68.12, 9.84, 1.31
XYZ39.28, 38.14, 40.41
Decimal12165284
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5225 C
Pantone5225 CHex#b9a0a4Rgb185 160 164Cmyk0 14 11 27Lab68 10 1Darker#74565bDeep#9b777dLighter#d7cacc

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 14, 11, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9a0a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 14 11 27
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 17 14 33
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 #b9a0a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9a0a4; }
.text { color: #b9a0a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9a0a4; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b9a0a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.63:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9a0a4 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 #b9a0a4 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 #b9a0a4 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

Every value on this page for #b9a0a4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.