Old Rose Color Codes
Old Rose is a mid-tone, muted red with the hex code #C08081, RGB values of 192, 128, 129 and an HSL value of hsl(359, 34%, 63%).
| HEX | #C08081 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 192, 128, 129 |
| HSL | hsl(359, 34%, 63%) |
| HSV | 359°, 33%, 75% |
| CMYK | 0%, 33%, 33%, 25% |
| LAB | 60.10, 24.90, 9.63 |
| CIELCHuv | 60.10, 43.24, 11.29° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 500 C ΔE 4.4 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
-
rosybrownΔE 9.1
Source Wikipedia, List of colors
Old Rose Color Hex Code
The Old Rose color hex code is #C08081. Those six digits are three pairs, C0 for red, 80 for green and 81 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#C08081
Old Rose Color RGB Code
The Old Rose RGB code is rgb(192, 128, 129). Red carries the most light at 192 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(192, 128, 129)
Old Rose Color HSV Code
The Old Rose HSV code is 359°, 33%, 75%. Read it as a hue of 359 degrees, 33% saturation and 75% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
359°, 33%, 75%
Old Rose Color CIELChuv Code
The Old Rose CIELCHuv code is 60.10, 43.24, 11.29°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 60 means mid-toned to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 43 is how far it sits from grey.
60.10, 43.24, 11.29°
Tonal scale
What are Old Rose Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Old Rose Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #C08081. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Half a turn away is #80C0BF, a light, muted teal. This is the widest separation the wheel offers, and the reason complementary pairs are the default for anything that must stand out. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.
Analogous
Either side sit #C080A1 and #C09F80, 30 degrees out. Low tension by construction: useful when you need several related tones that still feel like one choice.
Triadic
#81C080 and #8081C0 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #80C09F and #80A1C0. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #80C0BF, and #A1C080 with #9F80C0. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat the darkest of the four as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Old Rose accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
3.16:13.16
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Black background
6.65:16.65
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Against white Old Rose reaches 3.16:1, enough for large text and UI borders, but short of the 4.5:1 that body copy needs. Darken it for anything set small. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 6.65:1.
Color vision
How Old Rose looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#A8A881
Old Rose changes substantially here. ΔE 34.1
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#ACB081
Old Rose changes substantially here. ΔE 38.3
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#BD8181
Old Rose holds up almost unchanged here. ΔE 1.7
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#919191
Old Rose changes substantially here. ΔE 26.7
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Old Rose reads as #ACB081. That is a shift of ΔE 38.3, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. It sits in the red end of the spectrum, which is exactly where red-green deficiency does its damage. Never pair it with a green of similar lightness to signal a difference in meaning: to a large minority the two become one color. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 38.3. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Old Rose in code
:root {
--old-rose: #C08081;
}
.example {
color: var(--old-rose);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'old-rose': '#C08081',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let oldRose = Color(
red: 0.753,
green: 0.502,
blue: 0.506
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="old_rose">#C08081</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const oldRose = Color(0xFFC08081);