Rosy brown

#bd8ea5

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

Rosy brown is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. 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 #bd8ea5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd8ea5

RGB189, 142, 165

HSL331, 26%, 65%

HSV331, 25%, 74%

CMYK0%, 25%, 13%, 26%

Lab64.06, 21.45, -5.16

XYZ37.45, 32.88, 39.97

Decimal12422821

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5145 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b27b96 #a76887 #985978 #854e69 #72435a #5f384b #4c2d3c #39212d #26161e #130b0f

Tints of rosy brown

#c398ad #c9a2b5 #cfadbd #d5b7c5 #dbc1ce #e1cbd6 #e7d5de #eddfe6 #f2eaee #f8f4f6

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8ebda6 Analogous#bd8ebd Analogous#bd8e8e Triadic#a5bd8e Triadic#8ea5bd Split complementary#8ebd8e Split complementary#8ebcbd

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 13, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd8ea5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 13 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 16 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #bd8ea5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd8ea5; }
.text { color: #bd8ea5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd8ea5; }

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 #bd8ea5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd8ea5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bd8ea5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bd8ea5 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 #bd8ea5 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.