Light red

#bcaeab

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

This is Light red, a grey red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. 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 #bcaeab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcaeab

RGB188, 174, 171

HSL11, 11%, 70%

HSV11, 9%, 74%

CMYK0%, 7%, 9%, 26%

Lab72.16, 4.49, 3.34

XYZ43.23, 43.9, 44.72

Decimal12365483

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#ad9c99 #9f8b86 #907974 #7f6a65 #6c5a56 #5a4b48 #483c39 #362d2b #231d1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#c2b5b2 #c8bcba #cec3c1 #d4cbc9 #dad2d0 #dfd9d7 #e5e0df #ebe7e6 #f1eeee

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#abb9bc Analogous#bcabb0 Analogous#bcb7ab Triadic#abbcae Triadic#aeabbc Split complementary#abbcb7 Split complementary#abb0bc

Light red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 9, 26.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 9 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 12 32

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 #bcaeab straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Every value on this page for #bcaeab is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.