Light red

#bcaeac

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

Hex#bcaeac

RGB188, 174, 172

HSL7, 11%, 71%

HSV7, 9%, 74%

CMYK0%, 7%, 9%, 26%

Lab72.19, 4.66, 2.82

XYZ43.32, 43.94, 45.23

Decimal12365484

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#ad9c9a #9f8a88 #907975 #7e6966 #6c5a57 #5a4b49 #483c3a #352c2b #231d1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#c2b5b3 #c8bcbb #cec3c2 #d4cbc9 #dad2d1 #dfd9d8 #e5e0df #ebe7e6 #f1eeee #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#acbabc Analogous#bcacb2 Analogous#bcb6ac Triadic#acbcae Triadic#aeacbc Split complementary#acbcb6 Split complementary#acb2bc

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, 9, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcaeac 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light red in css

Copy #bcaeac straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcaeac 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 #bcaeac 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 #bcaeac 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 #bcaeac is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.