Rosy brown

#9f8989

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

This is Rosy brown, a grey red sitting at 0 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Rosy brown color values

Every conversion for #9f8989, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9f8989

RGB159, 137, 137

HSL0, 10%, 58%

HSV0, 14%, 62%

CMYK0%, 14%, 14%, 38%

Lab59.04, 8.3, 3.06

XYZ27.76, 27.07, 27.43

Decimal10455433

Web safe#999999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of rosy brown

#937a7a #866d6d #776161 #695555 #5a4949 #4b3d3d #3d3131 #2e2626 #201a1a #110e0e

Tints of rosy brown

#a89494 #b19f9f #b9a9a9 #c2b4b4 #cbbfbf #d4caca #ddd5d5 #e5e0e0 #eeeaea #f7f5f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#899f9f Analogous#9f8994 Analogous#9f9489 Triadic#899f89 Triadic#89899f Split complementary#899f94 Split complementary#89949f

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, 14, 14, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9f8989 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 14 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 17 44

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 #9f8989 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9f8989; }
.text { color: #9f8989; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9f8989; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9f8989 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9f8989 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 #9f8989 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 #9f8989 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9f8989 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.