Rosy brown

#caa8a2

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 9 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #caa8a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caa8a2

RGB202, 168, 162

HSL9, 27%, 71%

HSV9, 20%, 79%

CMYK0%, 17%, 20%, 21%

Lab71.67, 11.46, 7.74

XYZ44.88, 43.17, 40.15

Decimal13281442

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of rosy brown

#be948d #b28078 #a66c62 #935d54 #7e5048 #68423c #53352f #3e2723 #291a17 #130c0b

Tints of rosy brown

#cfb0aa #d3b7b2 #d8bfba #ddc7c3 #e1cecb #e6d6d3 #ebdddb #efe5e3 #f4edeb #f9f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#a2c4ca Analogous#caa2b0 Analogous#cabca2 Triadic#a2caa8 Triadic#a8a2ca Split complementary#a2cabc Split complementary#a2b0ca

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 20, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caa8a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 20 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 22 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 #caa8a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caa8a2; }
.text { color: #caa8a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caa8a2; }

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 #caa8a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caa8a2 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 #caa8a2 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 #caa8a2 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 #caa8a2 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.