Light red

#c4baba

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

This is Light red, a grey red sitting at 0 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 #c4baba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4baba

RGB196, 186, 186

HSL0, 8%, 75%

HSV0, 5%, 77%

CMYK0%, 5%, 5%, 23%

Lab76.31, 3.52, 1.25

XYZ49.19, 50.4, 53.59

Decimal12892858

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of light red

#b4a7a7 #a49494 #938181 #826f6f #6f5f5f #5c4f4f #493f3f #362e2e #231e1e #100e0e

Tints of light red

#c9c0c0 #cec6c6 #d3cccc #d8d2d2 #ddd8d8 #e2dede #e8e4e4 #edeaea #f2efef #f7f5f5

Colors that go with light red

Complementary#bac4c4 Analogous#c4babf Analogous#c4bfba Triadic#bac4ba Triadic#babac4 Split complementary#bac4bf Split complementary#babfc4

Light red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 5, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4baba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 5 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light red in css

Copy #c4baba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4baba; }
.text { color: #c4baba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4baba; }

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 #c4baba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4baba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c4baba 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c4baba 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 #c4baba is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.