Rosy brown

#cd9dae

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

Rosy brown sits in the pink band, light and soft. 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 #cd9dae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd9dae

RGB205, 157, 174

HSL339, 32%, 71%

HSV339, 23%, 80%

CMYK0%, 23%, 15%, 20%

Lab69.58, 20.47, -1.9

XYZ44.87, 40.15, 45.43

Decimal13475246

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone680 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c2879c #b7718a #ab5b78 #984e68 #824259 #6c374a #562c3b #40212c #2a161d #140a0e

Tints of rosy brown

#d1a6b5 #d6aebc #dab7c3 #dfbfca #e3c8d2 #e7d1d9 #ecd9e0 #f0e2e7 #f5ebee #f9f3f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#9dcdbc Analogous#cd9dc6 Analogous#cda49d Triadic#aecd9d Triadic#9daecd Split complementary#9dcda4 Split complementary#9dc6cd

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, 23, 15, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd9dae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 15 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 18 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 #cd9dae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd9dae; }
.text { color: #cd9dae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd9dae; }

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 #cd9dae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd9dae 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 #cd9dae 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 #cd9dae 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 #cd9dae are worked out. 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.