Light red

#c4b7b3

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 #c4b7b3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4b7b3

RGB196, 183, 179

HSL14, 13%, 74%

HSV14, 9%, 77%

CMYK0%, 7%, 9%, 23%

Lab75.36, 3.91, 3.68

XYZ47.84, 48.86, 49.56

Decimal12892083

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone435 C

Shades of light red

#b5a5a0 #a6928c #978079 #866f68 #725f59 #5f4f4a #4b3e3b #382e2b #251e1c #110e0d

Tints of light red

#c9bdba #cec3c0 #d3cac7 #ded6d4 #e8e3e1 #f2efee

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#b3c0c4 Analogous#c4b3b8 Analogous#c4c0b3 Triadic#b3c4b7 Triadic#b7b3c4 Split complementary#b3c4c0 Split complementary#b3b8c4

Light red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 9, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4b7b3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 9 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 12 29

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 #c4b7b3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4b7b3; }
.text { color: #c4b7b3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4b7b3; }

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 #c4b7b3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4b7b3 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 #c4b7b3 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 #c4b7b3 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 #c4b7b3 are worked out. 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.