Rosy brown

#bc8b96

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 347 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 #bc8b96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc8b96

RGB188, 139, 150

HSL347, 27%, 64%

HSV347, 26%, 74%

CMYK0%, 26%, 20%, 26%

Lab62.81, 20.31, 1.48

XYZ35.48, 31.36, 33.04

Decimal12356502

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone687 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b17885 #a66574 #975765 #844c59 #71414c #5f3740 #4c2c33 #392126 #26161a #130b0d

Tints of rosy brown

#c2959f #c8a0a9 #ceaab2 #d4b5bc #dabfc5 #e0cacf #e6d4d8 #ecdfe2 #f2e9eb #f8f4f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8bbcb1 Analogous#bc8bae Analogous#bc988b Triadic#96bc8b Triadic#8b96bc Split complementary#8bbc99 Split complementary#8baebc

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 20, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc8b96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 20 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 22 32

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 #bc8b96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc8b96; }
.text { color: #bc8b96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc8b96; }

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 #bc8b96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc8b96 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 #bc8b96 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 #bc8b96 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

Every value on this page for #bc8b96 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.