Rosy brown

#ca8387

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

Rosy brown is a mid red that reads grounded. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #ca8387, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca8387

RGB202, 131, 135

HSL357, 40%, 65%

HSV357, 35%, 79%

CMYK0%, 35%, 33%, 21%

Lab62.12, 27.87, 9.23

XYZ36.85, 30.54, 26.87

Decimal13271943

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone500 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c16e72 #b8595e #aa494e #953f44 #7f363b #6a2d31 #552427 #401b1d #2b1214 #15090a

Tints of rosy brown

#cf8e92 #d4999d #d8a4a7 #ddb0b2 #e2bbbd #e7c6c8 #ebd1d3 #f0dcdd #f5e7e8 #faf2f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#83cac6 Analogous#ca83ab Analogous#caa283 Triadic#87ca83 Triadic#8387ca Split complementary#83caa2 Split complementary#83abca

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, 35, 33, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca8387 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 33 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 34 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #ca8387 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca8387; }
.text { color: #ca8387; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca8387; }

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 #ca8387 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca8387 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 #ca8387 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 #ca8387 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

Every value on this page for #ca8387 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.