Rosy brown

#c8a3aa

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 red sitting at 349 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. 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 #c8a3aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8a3aa
RGB200, 163, 170
HSL349, 25%, 71%
HSV349, 19%, 78%
CMYK0%, 19%, 15%, 22%
Lab70.44, 14.71, 1.52
XYZ44.17, 41.38, 43.69
Decimal13149098
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5225 C
Pantone5225 CHex#c8a3aaRgb200 163 170Cmyk0 19 15 22Lab70 15 2Darker#8a525dDeep#ad7681Lighter#e2d1d4

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 15, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8a3aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 19 15 22
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 21 18 28
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 #c8a3aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8a3aa; }
.text { color: #c8a3aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8a3aa; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c8a3aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
9.28:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8a3aa 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 #c8a3aa 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 #c8a3aa 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 #c8a3aa is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.