Rosy brown

#bd8797

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 pink at 342 degrees. 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 #bd8797, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd8797

RGB189, 135, 151

HSL342, 29%, 64%

HSV342, 29%, 74%

CMYK0%, 29%, 20%, 26%

Lab61.98, 23.06, -0.28

XYZ35.24, 30.38, 33.29

Decimal12421015

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone687 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b37487 #a86176 #985468 #85495b #723f4e #5f3541 #4d2a34 #3a2027 #27151a #140b0d

Tints of rosy brown

#c392a0 #c99daa #cfa8b3 #d5b2bd #dbbdc6 #e1c8cf #e7d3d9 #eddee2 #f3e9ec #f9f3f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#87bdad Analogous#bd87b2 Analogous#bd9287 Triadic#97bd87 Triadic#8797bd Split complementary#87bd92 Split complementary#87b2bd

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, 29, 20, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd8797 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 29 20 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 31 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 #bd8797 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd8797; }
.text { color: #bd8797; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd8797; }

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 #bd8797 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd8797 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 #bd8797 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 #bd8797 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 #bd8797 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.