Rosy brown

#bb8d8d

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 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 #bb8d8d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb8d8d

RGB187, 141, 141

HSL0, 25%, 64%

HSV0, 25%, 73%

CMYK0%, 25%, 25%, 27%

Lab62.96, 17.45, 6.79

XYZ34.83, 31.54, 29.45

Decimal12291469

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5005 C

Shades of rosy brown

#b07a7a #a56868 #965959 #834e4e #704343 #5e3838 #4b2d2d #382222 #261717 #130b0b

Tints of rosy brown

#c19797 #c7a2a2 #cdacac #d4b6b6 #dac0c0 #e0cbcb #e6d5d5 #ecdfdf #f2eaea #f8f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

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Rosy brown in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 25, 25, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb8d8d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 25 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 27 33

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 #bb8d8d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb8d8d; }
.text { color: #bb8d8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb8d8d; }

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 #bb8d8d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb8d8d 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 #bb8d8d 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 #bb8d8d 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 #bb8d8d 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. 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.