Light red

#b9acaa

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

Light red is a light red that reads open. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Light red color values

Every conversion for #b9acaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9acaa

RGB185, 172, 170

HSL8, 10%, 70%

HSV8, 8%, 73%

CMYK0%, 7%, 8%, 27%

Lab71.37, 4.31, 2.7

XYZ42.02, 42.72, 44.06

Decimal12168362

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#aa9b98 #9c8986 #8d7875 #7c6966 #6a5a57 #584a48 #463b3a #342c2b #231d1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#bfb3b2 #c5bbb9 #ccc2c1 #d2c9c8 #d8d1d0 #ded8d7 #e4dfdf #ebe7e6 #f1eeee #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#aab7b9 Analogous#b9aaaf Analogous#b9b4aa Triadic#aab9ac Triadic#acaab9 Split complementary#aab9b4 Split complementary#aaafb9

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, 8, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9acaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 8 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 11 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 #b9acaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9acaa; }
.text { color: #b9acaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9acaa; }

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 #b9acaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9acaa 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 #b9acaa 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 #b9acaa 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 #b9acaa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.