Light red

#b9adad

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light red color values

Every conversion for #b9adad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9adad

RGB185, 173, 173

HSL0, 8%, 70%

HSV0, 6%, 73%

CMYK0%, 6%, 6%, 27%

Lab71.7, 4.29, 1.54

XYZ42.49, 43.22, 45.64

Decimal12168621

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#aa9b9b #9b8a8a #8c7878 #7a6969 #695959 #574a4a #453b3b #342c2c #221d1d #110e0e

Tints of light red

#bfb4b4 #c5bbbb #ccc3c3 #d2caca #d8d1d1 #ded8d8 #e4e0e0 #eae7e7 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#adb9b9 Analogous#b9adb3 Analogous#b9b3ad Triadic#adb9ad Triadic#adadb9 Split complementary#adb9b3 Split complementary#adb3b9

Light red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 6, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9adad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 6 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 10 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light red in css

Copy #b9adad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9adad; }
.text { color: #b9adad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9adad; }

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 #b9adad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9adad against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b9adad 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b9adad 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 #b9adad come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.