Light pink

#e3a6a6

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

Light pink lands in the red band, light and soft. 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 pink color values

Every conversion for #e3a6a6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e3a6a6

RGB227, 166, 166

HSL0, 52%, 77%

HSV0, 27%, 89%

CMYK0%, 27%, 27%, 11%

Lab73.78, 22.49, 8.88

XYZ52.2, 46.36, 42.27

Decimal14919334

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone693 C

Shades of light pink

#da8a8a #d26f6f #c95353 #bd3b3b #a13333 #862a2a #6a2121 #4e1919 #331010 #170707

Tints of light pink

#e5aeae #e8b5b5 #eabdbd #ecc4c4 #efcccc #f1d3d3 #f4dbdb #f6e2e2 #f8eaea #fbf1f1

Colors that go with light pink

Complementary#a6e3e3 Analogous#e3a6c4 Analogous#e3c4a6 Triadic#a6e3a6 Triadic#a6a6e3 Split complementary#a6e3c4 Split complementary#a6c4e3

Light pink 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, 27, 27, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e3a6a6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 27 27 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 29 29 17

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 pink in css

Copy #e3a6a6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e3a6a6; }
.text { color: #e3a6a6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e3a6a6; }

How light pink looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e3a6a6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e3a6a6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e3a6a6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light pink? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e3a6a6 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 pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e3a6a6 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.