Light red

#bfb2ae

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 14 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 #bfb2ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bfb2ae

RGB191, 178, 174

HSL14, 12%, 72%

HSV14, 9%, 75%

CMYK0%, 7%, 9%, 25%

Lab73.53, 3.93, 3.7

XYZ45.05, 45.97, 46.54

Decimal12563118

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone207 C

Shades of light red

#b0a09b #a18e89 #937d76 #816c66 #6e5d57 #5c4d49 #493d3a #362e2b #241e1c #110e0e

Tints of light red

#c5b9b5 #cac0bc #d0c6c3 #d5cdca #dbd4d2 #e1dbd9 #ece8e7 #f2efee #f7f6f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#aebbbf Analogous#bfaeb3 Analogous#bfbbae Triadic#aebfb2 Triadic#b2aebf Split complementary#aebfba Split complementary#aeb3bf

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, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bfb2ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 9 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 12 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 #bfb2ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bfb2ae; }
.text { color: #bfb2ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bfb2ae; }

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 #bfb2ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bfb2ae 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 #bfb2ae 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 #bfb2ae 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 #bfb2ae is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.