Rosy brown

#c99a9f

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

Rosy brown lands in the red band, light and soft. 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 #c99a9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c99a9f
RGB201, 154, 159
HSL354, 30%, 70%
HSV354, 23%, 79%
CMYK0%, 23%, 21%, 21%
Lab68.04, 18.28, 4.17
XYZ41.9, 38.03, 37.93
Decimal13212319
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone680 C
Pantone680 CHex#c99a9fRgb201 154 159Cmyk0 23 21 21Lab68 18 4Darker#8a4a51Deep#b06b73Lighter#e1cacc

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, 23, 21, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c99a9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 23 21 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 25 23 27
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #c99a9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c99a9f; }
.text { color: #c99a9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c99a9f; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c99a9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.44:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
8.61:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c99a9f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c99a9f 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c99a9f 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 #c99a9f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.