Rosy brown

#cdaaa5

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 7 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 #cdaaa5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdaaa5

RGB205, 170, 165

HSL7, 29%, 73%

HSV7, 20%, 80%

CMYK0%, 17%, 20%, 20%

Lab72.53, 11.96, 7.35

XYZ46.34, 44.45, 41.73

Decimal13478565

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5015 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c1958f #b58179 #a96c64 #975c54 #814f48 #6b413b #55342f #3f2723 #291917 #140c0b

Tints of rosy brown

#d1b1ad #d6b9b5 #dac0bd #dec8c4 #e3cfcc #e7d6d4 #ecdedc #f0e5e4 #f4edec #f9f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#a5c8cd Analogous#cda5b4 Analogous#cdbea5 Triadic#a5cdaa Triadic#aaa5cd Split complementary#a5cdbe Split complementary#a5b4cd

Rosy brown in print

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

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdaaa5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 20 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 22 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #cdaaa5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdaaa5; }
.text { color: #cdaaa5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdaaa5; }

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 #cdaaa5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdaaa5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Rosy brown on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdaaa5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn rosy brown into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdaaa5 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

Every value on this page for #cdaaa5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.