Light red

#bbacaa

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

Light red lands in the red band, light and grey. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light red color values

Every conversion for #bbacaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbacaa

RGB187, 172, 170

HSL7, 11%, 70%

HSV7, 9%, 73%

CMYK0%, 8%, 9%, 27%

Lab71.54, 5.04, 2.97

XYZ42.5, 42.97, 44.08

Decimal12299434

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#ac9a98 #9e8986 #8f7774 #7e6865 #6c5956 #5a4a48 #473b39 #352c2b #231d1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#c1b3b2 #c7bbb9 #cdc2c1 #d3c9c8 #d9d1d0 #dfd8d7 #e5dfdf #ebe7e6 #f1eeee #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#aab9bb Analogous#bbaab0 Analogous#bbb5aa Triadic#aabbac Triadic#acaabb Split complementary#aabbb5 Split complementary#aab0bb

Light red 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, 8, 9, 27.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 9 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 12 33

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.

Light red in css

Copy #bbacaa straight into your stylesheet.

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

How light red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light red and accessibility

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbacaa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bbacaa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light red? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bbacaa 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 light red, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #bbacaa is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.