Rosy Brown #BC8F8F

About this color

#BC8F8F is a medium-light, muted red. In OKLCH its lightness is 69%, its chroma 0.055 and its hue 19°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Rosy Brown. Black text reads best on it, at 7.46:1.

Colors that go with Rosy Brown

Matches found by rotating Rosy Brown around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Rosy Brown

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Rosy Brown, closest first.

• Shell Breeze
• Cotton and Alabaster
• Cumulus and Seaside
• Bubble Mobile
• Cupcake Box
• Lace Invitation
• Ledger and Attic
• Petal Table

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Rosy Brown, with their ΔE distance.

• Grey Pink #C3909B ΔE 0.021
• Light Mauve #C292A1 ΔE 0.027
• Old Rose #C87F89 ΔE 0.042
• Dusty Pink #D58A94 ΔE 0.044
• Brownish Pink #C27E79 ΔE 0.044
• Mushroom #BA9E88 ΔE 0.045
• Pale Brown #B1916E ΔE 0.052
• Dull Pink #D5869D ΔE 0.053

More about Rosy Brown

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Rosy Brown

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts pink
• 2 parts gray
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #BD9290, a difference of ΔE 0.008 from Rosy Brown. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Rosy Brown in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Rosy Brown

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F8F4F4

   oklch(97% 0.004 17.2)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F0E7E7

   oklch(93.5% 0.01 17.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E6D4D4

   oklch(88.5% 0.02 17.5)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D6B8B8

   oklch(80.8% 0.035 17.9)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #BC8F8F

   oklch(69.3% 0.055 18.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B07879

   oklch(63% 0.071 18.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #9B6162

   oklch(55.6% 0.076 18.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #845051

   oklch(49.1% 0.07 18.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #6C4242

   oklch(42.8% 0.059 19.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #573838

    oklch(37.7% 0.045 19.4)

11. Step 950

    950

    #332121

    oklch(27% 0.028 19.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Rosy Brown with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.