Rosy brown

#c5a4b4

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

Rosy brown is a light pink, open and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #c5a4b4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5a4b4
RGB197, 164, 180
HSL331, 22%, 71%
HSV331, 17%, 77%
CMYK0%, 17%, 9%, 23%
Lab70.68, 14.77, -3.7
XYZ44.54, 41.72, 48.88
Decimal12952756
Web safe#cc99cc
Pantone5155 C
Pantone5155 CHex#c5a4b4Rgb197 164 180Cmyk0 17 9 23Lab71 15 -4Darker#85556cDeep#a97890Lighter#e0d0d8

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

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, 17, 9, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5a4b4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 17 9 23
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 20 12 29
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 #c5a4b4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5a4b4; }
.text { color: #c5a4b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5a4b4; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c5a4b4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.34:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5a4b4 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 #c5a4b4 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 #c5a4b4 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 #c5a4b4 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.