Rosy brown

#b8a7a2

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 14 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 #b8a7a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8a7a2

RGB184, 167, 162

HSL14, 13%, 68%

HSV14, 12%, 72%

CMYK0%, 9%, 12%, 28%

Lab69.78, 5.29, 4.81

XYZ40.11, 40.44, 39.87

Decimal12101538

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of rosy brown

#aa9690 #9d857e #8f746d #7d665f #6b5752 #594944 #473a36 #352b29 #231d1b #110e0d

Tints of rosy brown

#beafaa #c5b7b3 #cbbfbb #d1c6c3 #d8cecb #ded6d4 #e4dedc #ebe6e4 #f1eeed #f7f5f5

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#a2b3b8 Analogous#b8a2a8 Analogous#b8b2a2 Triadic#a2b8a7 Triadic#a7a2b8 Split complementary#a2b8b2 Split complementary#a2a8b8

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, 9, 12, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8a7a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 12 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 15 34

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 #b8a7a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8a7a2; }
.text { color: #b8a7a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8a7a2; }

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 #b8a7a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8a7a2 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 #b8a7a2 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 #b8a7a2 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

The figures for #b8a7a2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.