Rosy brown

#c5a7ab

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

Rosy brown lands in the red band, light and muted. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. 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 #c5a7ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5a7ab
RGB197, 167, 171
HSL352, 21%, 71%
HSV352, 15%, 77%
CMYK0%, 15%, 13%, 23%
Lab71.18, 11.59, 2.01
XYZ44.2, 42.45, 44.39
Decimal12953515
Web safe#cc9999
Pantone5225 C
Pantone5225 CHex#c5a7abRgb197 167 171Cmyk0 15 13 23Lab71 12 2Darker#85585eDeep#a97c82Lighter#e1d3d5

Shades of rosy brown

Tints of rosy brown

Colors that go with rosy brown

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, 15, 13, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5a7ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 15 13 23
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 18 16 29
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 #c5a7ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5a7ab; }
.text { color: #c5a7ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5a7ab; }

How rosy brown looks on light and dark

Rosy brown and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c5a7ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.21:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
9.49:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5a7ab 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 #c5a7ab sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #c5a7ab and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from rosy brown, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #c5a7ab come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.