Light red

#bfb0ac

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

This is Light red, a muted red sitting at 13 degrees on the wheel. 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 #bfb0ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb0ac

RGB191, 176, 172

HSL13, 13%, 71%

HSV13, 10%, 75%

CMYK0%, 8%, 10%, 25%

Lab72.96, 4.67, 3.97

XYZ44.46, 45.11, 45.39

Decimal12562604

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone436 C

Shades of light red

#b19e99 #a28c86 #947a74 #826a64 #6f5b56 #5c4c47 #4a3c39 #372d2a #241e1c #110e0d

Tints of light red

#c5b7b3 #cabebb #d0c5c2 #d5ccc9 #dbd3d0 #e1dad8 #e6e1df #ece8e6 #f2eeee #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#acbbbf Analogous#bfacb2 Analogous#bfbaac Triadic#acbfb0 Triadic#b0acbf Split complementary#acbfb9 Split complementary#acb2bf

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, 8, 10, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb0ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 10 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 13 31

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 #bfb0ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb0ac; }
.text { color: #bfb0ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb0ac; }

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 #bfb0ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb0ac 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 #bfb0ac 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 #bfb0ac 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

Here is how the numbers for #bfb0ac are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.