Rosy brown

#cd838d

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

This is Rosy brown, a soft red sitting at 352 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #cd838d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd838d

RGB205, 131, 141

HSL352, 43%, 66%

HSV352, 36%, 80%

CMYK0%, 36%, 31%, 20%

Lab62.62, 29.78, 6.58

XYZ38.1, 31.13, 29.2

Decimal13468557

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone500 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c46d79 #bb5765 #ae4654 #983d4a #83353f #6d2c35 #57232a #411a20 #2c1215 #16090b

Tints of rosy brown

#d18e97 #d699a1 #daa4ac #dfb0b6 #e3bbc0 #e8c6ca #ecd1d5 #f1dcdf #f5e7e9 #faf2f3

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#83cdc3 Analogous#cd83b2 Analogous#cd9e83 Triadic#8dcd83 Triadic#838dcd Split complementary#83cd9e Split complementary#83b2cd

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, 36, 31, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd838d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 31 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 33 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 #cd838d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd838d; }
.text { color: #cd838d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd838d; }

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 #cd838d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd838d 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 #cd838d 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 #cd838d 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 #cd838d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.