Rosy brown

#c8aab2

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

Rosy brown sits in the pink band, light and muted. 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 #c8aab2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8aab2

RGB200, 170, 178

HSL344, 21%, 73%

HSV344, 15%, 78%

CMYK0%, 15%, 11%, 22%

Lab72.39, 12.22, -0.05

XYZ46.23, 44.24, 48.22

Decimal13150898

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5155 C

Shades of rosy brown

#bb959f #ad818d #a06c7a #8e5c69 #7a4f5a #65414b #50343c #3c272c #27191d #130c0e

Tints of rosy brown

#cdb1b9 #d2b9bf #d6c0c6 #dbc8cd #e0cfd4 #e5d6da #eadee1 #eee5e8 #f3edee #f8f4f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#aac8c0 Analogous#c8aac1 Analogous#c8b1aa Triadic#b2c8aa Triadic#aab2c8 Split complementary#aac8b1 Split complementary#aac1c8

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, 15, 11, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8aab2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 11 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 14 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 #c8aab2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8aab2; }
.text { color: #c8aab2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8aab2; }

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 #c8aab2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8aab2 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 #c8aab2 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 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 #c8aab2 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 #c8aab2 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.