Rosy brown

#cb8a96

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, mid and soft. 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 #cb8a96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb8a96

RGB203, 138, 150

HSL349, 38%, 67%

HSV349, 32%, 80%

CMYK0%, 32%, 26%, 20%

Lab64.22, 26.47, 3.74

XYZ39.22, 33.08, 33.17

Decimal13339286

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone507 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c17583 #b85f6f #ac4c5e #964352 #813946 #6b303b #56262f #401d23 #2b1317 #15090c

Tints of rosy brown

#d0949f #d49fa9 #d9a9b2 #deb4bc #e2bec5 #e7c9ce #ecd3d8 #f0dee1 #f5e8eb #faf3f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#8acbbf Analogous#cb8ab6 Analogous#cb9e8a Triadic#96cb8a Triadic#8a96cb Split complementary#8acb9e Split complementary#8ab7cb

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, 32, 26, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb8a96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 26 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 28 26

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 #cb8a96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb8a96; }
.text { color: #cb8a96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb8a96; }

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 #cb8a96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb8a96 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 #cb8a96 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 #cb8a96 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

The figures for #cb8a96 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.