Rosy brown

#caa8a8

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

Rosy brown is a light red that reads soft. 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 #caa8a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#caa8a8

RGB202, 168, 168

HSL0, 24%, 73%

HSV0, 17%, 79%

CMYK0%, 17%, 17%, 21%

Lab71.82, 12.4, 4.65

XYZ45.43, 43.39, 43.03

Decimal13281448

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone5225 C

Shades of rosy brown

#bd9393 #b07e7e #a36969 #925959 #7c4c4c #673f3f #523232 #3d2525 #281818 #130c0c

Tints of rosy brown

#cfb0b0 #d3b7b7 #d8bfbf #dcc6c6 #e1cece #e6d6d6 #eadddd #efe5e5 #f4ecec #f8f4f4

Colors that go with rosy brown

Complementary#a8caca Analogous#caa8b9 Analogous#cab9a8 Triadic#a8caa8 Triadic#a8a8ca Split complementary#a8cab9 Split complementary#a8b9ca

Rosy brown in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 17, 17, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #caa8a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 17 17 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 20 20 27

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 #caa8a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #caa8a8; }
.text { color: #caa8a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #caa8a8; }

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 #caa8a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #caa8a8 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 #caa8a8 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 #caa8a8 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 #caa8a8 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.