Rosy brown

#bf8a7a

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

Rosy brown is a mid red that reads balanced. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bf8a7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf8a7a
RGB191, 138, 122
HSL14, 35%, 61%
HSV14, 36%, 75%
CMYK0%, 28%, 36%, 25%
Lab62.22, 18.09, 16.56
XYZ34.09, 30.66, 22.53
Decimal12552826
Web safe#cc9966
Pantone4725 C
Pantone4725 CHex#bf8a7aRgb191 138 122Cmyk0 28 36 25Lab62 18 17Darker#734537Deep#a3624eLighter#d4b6ac

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 36, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf8a7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 28 36 25
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 30 37 31
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 #bf8a7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf8a7a; }
.text { color: #bf8a7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf8a7a; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bf8a7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.94:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.13:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf8a7a 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 #bf8a7a 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 #bf8a7a 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

Here is how the numbers for #bf8a7a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.