Light pink

#dfa8a8

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 soft. 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 #dfa8a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfa8a8

RGB223, 168, 168

HSL0, 46%, 77%

HSV0, 25%, 87%

CMYK0%, 25%, 25%, 13%

Lab73.88, 20.21, 7.88

XYZ51.5, 46.52, 43.31

Decimal14657704

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of light pink

#d58e8e #cc7373 #c25959 #b44242 #9a3939 #802f2f #652525 #4b1c1c #311212 #160808

Tints of light pink

#e2afaf #e4b7b7 #e7bebe #eac6c6 #edcdcd #efd4d4 #f2dcdc #f5e3e3 #f7ebeb #faf2f2

Colors that go with light pink

Complementary#a8dfdf Analogous#dfa8c3 Analogous#dfc3a8 Triadic#a8dfa8 Triadic#a8a8df Split complementary#a8dfc3 Split complementary#a8c3df

Light pink 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, 25, 25, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfa8a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 25 25 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 27 27 19

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 #dfa8a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfa8a8; }
.text { color: #dfa8a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfa8a8; }

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 #dfa8a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfa8a8 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 #dfa8a8 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 #dfa8a8 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 #dfa8a8 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.