Rosy brown

#cd97ac

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

Rosy brown is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #cd97ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd97ac
RGB205, 151, 172
HSL337, 35%, 70%
HSV337, 26%, 80%
CMYK0%, 26%, 16%, 20%
Lab68.09, 23.43, -2.97
XYZ43.69, 38.09, 44.08
Decimal13473708
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone680 C
Pantone680 CHex#cd97acRgb205 151 172Cmyk0 26 16 20Lab68 23 -3Darker#904562Deep#b66786Lighter#e3c9d3

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 26, 16, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd97ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 26 16 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 28 19 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 #cd97ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd97ac; }
.text { color: #cd97ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd97ac; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cd97ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.62:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd97ac 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 #cd97ac 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 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 #cd97ac 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

The figures for #cd97ac 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 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.