Rosy brown

#ab8991

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 346 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 #ab8991, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab8991

RGB171, 137, 145

HSL346, 17%, 60%

HSV346, 20%, 67%

CMYK0%, 20%, 15%, 33%

Lab60.42, 14.22, 0.64

XYZ30.85, 28.59, 30.68

Decimal11241873

Web safe#999999

Pantone5215 C

Shades of rosy brown

#9f7982 #946973 #835d66 #73525a #63464d #533b40 #422f34 #322427 #22181b #120d0e

Tints of rosy brown

#b3949b #ba9fa5 #c2a9af #cab4b9 #d1bfc3 #d9cacd #e1d4d7 #e8dfe1 #f0eaeb #f8f5f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#89aba3 Analogous#ab89a2 Analogous#ab9289 Triadic#91ab89 Triadic#8991ab Split complementary#89ab92 Split complementary#89a2ab

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 15, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab8991 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 15 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 18 39

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 #ab8991 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab8991; }
.text { color: #ab8991; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab8991; }

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 #ab8991 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab8991 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 #ab8991 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 #ab8991 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 #ab8991 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.