Rosy brown

#bb9283

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 muted. 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 #bb9283, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb9283
RGB187, 146, 131
HSL16, 29%, 62%
HSV16, 30%, 73%
CMYK0%, 22%, 30%, 27%
Lab63.97, 13.25, 13.86
XYZ34.87, 32.76, 25.96
Decimal12292739
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone4725 C
Pantone4725 CHex#bb9283Rgb187 146 131Cmyk0 22 30 27Lab64 13 14Darker#714c3eDeep#9f6b57Lighter#d3bbb3

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, 22, 30, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb9283 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 22 30 27
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 24 32 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 #bb9283 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb9283; }
.text { color: #bb9283; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb9283; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bb9283 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.55:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb9283 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 #bb9283 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 #bb9283 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

The figures for #bb9283 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.