Light pink

#dca8a8

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

Light pink is a light red that reads open. 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 pink color values

Every conversion for #dca8a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dca8a8

RGB220, 168, 168

HSL0, 43%, 76%

HSV0, 24%, 86%

CMYK0%, 24%, 24%, 14%

Lab73.58, 19.09, 7.4

XYZ50.59, 46.05, 43.27

Decimal14461096

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of light pink

#d28f8f #c77575 #bd5c5c #af4646 #953c3c #7c3232 #622828 #491d1d #2f1313 #160909

Tints of light pink

#dfafaf #e2b7b7 #e5bebe #e8c6c6 #ebcdcd #eed5d5 #f1dcdc #f4e3e3 #f7ebeb #faf2f2

Colors that go with light pink

Complementary#a8dcdc Analogous#dca8c2 Analogous#dcc2a8 Triadic#a8dca8 Triadic#a8a8dc Split complementary#a8dcc2 Split complementary#a8c2dc

Light pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 24, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dca8a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 24 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 26 20

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 pink in css

Copy #dca8a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dca8a8; }
.text { color: #dca8a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dca8a8; }

How light pink looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dca8a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dca8a8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dca8a8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn light pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dca8a8 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 pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dca8a8 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.