Light red

#bbada9

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 muted. 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 #bbada9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbada9

RGB187, 173, 169

HSL13, 12%, 70%

HSV13, 10%, 73%

CMYK0%, 7%, 10%, 27%

Lab71.77, 4.32, 3.85

XYZ42.6, 43.32, 43.65

Decimal12299689

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#ad9c97 #9e8a85 #907972 #7e6a64 #6c5a55 #5a4b47 #483c39 #352d2a #231e1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#c1b4b1 #c7bbb8 #cdc3c0 #d3cac7 #d9d1cf #dfd8d7 #e5e0de #ebe7e6 #f1eeed #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#a9b7bb Analogous#bba9ae Analogous#bbb6a9 Triadic#a9bbad Triadic#ada9bb Split complementary#a9bbb6 Split complementary#a9aebb

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, 7, 10, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbada9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 10 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 13 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 #bbada9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbada9; }
.text { color: #bbada9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbada9; }

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 #bbada9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbada9 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 #bbada9 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 #bbada9 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

The figures for #bbada9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.