Light red

#c1b8b6

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Light red color values

Every conversion for #c1b8b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c1b8b6

RGB193, 184, 182

HSL11, 8%, 74%

HSV11, 6%, 76%

CMYK0%, 5%, 6%, 24%

Lab75.45, 2.82, 2.14

XYZ47.58, 49.0, 51.21

Decimal12695734

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of light red

#b1a6a3 #a19491 #92827e #80706d #6e605d #5b504d #483f3e #362f2e #231f1e #110f0e

Tints of light red

#c6bebc #ccc4c3 #d1cac9 #d7d1cf #dcd7d6 #e7e3e2 #f1efef #f7f6f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#b6bfc1 Analogous#c1b6ba Analogous#c1beb6 Triadic#b6c1b8 Triadic#b8b6c1 Split complementary#b6c1be Split complementary#b6bac1

Light red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 6, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c1b8b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 6 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 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 #c1b8b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c1b8b6; }
.text { color: #c1b8b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c1b8b6; }

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 #c1b8b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c1b8b6 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 #c1b8b6 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 #c1b8b6 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

The figures for #c1b8b6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.