Rosy brown

#bf99ab

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, balanced and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #bf99ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bf99ab
RGB191, 153, 171
HSL332, 23%, 67%
HSV332, 20%, 75%
CMYK0%, 20%, 10%, 25%
Lab67.13, 17.1, -3.99
XYZ40.23, 36.8, 43.51
Decimal12556715
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5215 C
Pantone5215 CHex#bf99abRgb191 153 171Cmyk0 20 10 25Lab67 17 -4Darker#7c4e63Deep#a36d87Lighter#d9c6cf

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, 20, 10, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bf99ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 20 10 25
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 22 13 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 #bf99ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bf99ab; }
.text { color: #bf99ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bf99ab; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bf99ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.36:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bf99ab 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 #bf99ab 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 #bf99ab 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

Every value on this page for #bf99ab is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.