Light red

#c1b4b4

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

Light red lands in the red band, light and grey. 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 #c1b4b4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1b4b4
RGB193, 180, 180
HSL0, 9%, 73%
HSV0, 7%, 76%
CMYK0%, 7%, 7%, 24%
Lab74.37, 4.62, 1.66
XYZ46.55, 47.28, 49.85
Decimal12694708
Web safe#cccccc
Pantone5305 C
Pantone5305 CHex#c1b4b4Rgb193 180 180Cmyk0 7 7 24Lab74 5 2Darker#7e6868Deep#a18d8dLighter#e1dbdb

Shades of light red

Tints of light red

Colors that go with light red

Light red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 7, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1b4b4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 7 7 24
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 10 10 30
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 #c1b4b4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1b4b4; }
.text { color: #c1b4b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1b4b4; }

How light red looks on light and dark

Light red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c1b4b4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.01:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.46:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1b4b4 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 #c1b4b4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #c1b4b4 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #c1b4b4 is computed, not guessed. 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.