Rosy brown

#bb8772

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

Rosy brown sits in the orange range, mid and soft. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bb8772, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8772

RGB187, 135, 114

HSL17, 35%, 59%

HSV17, 39%, 73%

CMYK0%, 28%, 39%, 27%

Lab60.88, 17.18, 19.16

XYZ32.19, 29.11, 19.84

Decimal12289906

Web safe#cc9966

Pantone479 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b27760 #a76950 #945e48 #82523f #704736 #5e3b2d #4b3024 #39241c #271913 #150d0a

Tints of rosy brown

#c1927f #c79d8c #cea899 #d4b3a6 #dabeb2 #e0c9bf #e7d4cc #eddfd9 #f3eae6 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#72a6bb Analogous#bb7281 Analogous#bbac72 Triadic#72bb87 Triadic#8772bb Split complementary#72bbab Split complementary#7282bb

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 39, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8772 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 39 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 40 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 #bb8772 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8772; }
.text { color: #bb8772; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8772; }

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 #bb8772 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8772 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 #bb8772 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 #bb8772 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 #bb8772 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.