Rosy brown

#cdacae

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

Rosy brown is a light red that reads relaxed. 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 #cdacae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdacae

RGB205, 172, 174

HSL356, 25%, 74%

HSV356, 16%, 80%

CMYK0%, 16%, 15%, 20%

Lab73.25, 12.3, 3.45

XYZ47.57, 45.54, 46.33

Decimal13479086

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5225 C

Shades of rosy brown

#c09699 #b38184 #a66b6f #955a5d #7f4d50 #6a4042 #543335 #3e2627 #29191a #130c0c

Tints of rosy brown

#d1b3b5 #d6babc #dac2c3 #dec9ca #e3d0d1 #e7d7d8 #ebdedf #f0e5e6 #f4eded #f8f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#accdcb Analogous#cdacbe Analogous#cdbbac Triadic#aecdac Triadic#acaecd Split complementary#accdbb Split complementary#acbecd

Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 16, 15, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 16 15 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 19 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Rosy brown in css

Copy #cdacae straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdacae 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 #cdacae 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 #cdacae 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 #cdacae is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.