Rosy Brown color (#BC8F8F)
Rosy Brown is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword rosybrown
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #BC8F8F, which is rgb(188, 143, 143) in RGB.
It is a medium, muted warm color with a hue angle of 0° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 69% in OKLCH. On a rosy brown background, black text gives the higher contrast at 7.46:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Rosy Brown color codes
| CSS name | rosybrown |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #BC8F8F |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #BC8F8FFF |
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| RGB | rgb(188, 143, 143) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 25%, 65%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 24%, 74%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(69.3% 0.0548 18.6) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 23.9%, 26.3%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for rosy brown used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of rosy brown
Tints mix rosy brown with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with rosy brown
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Rosy Brown with color blindness
Approximately how rosy brown appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using rosy brown in CSS
.element {
color: rosybrown;
background-color: #bc8f8f;
border-color: rgb(188 143 143 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(69.3% 0.0548 18.6);
}Similar named colors
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