Light pink

#ec9aae

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 strong. 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 pink color values

Every conversion for #ec9aae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec9aae

RGB236, 154, 174

HSL345, 68%, 76%

HSV345, 35%, 93%

CMYK0%, 35%, 26%, 7%

Lab72.23, 33.28, 2.37

XYZ53.79, 44.0, 45.7

Decimal15506094

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone1905 C

Shades of light pink

#e67c96 #e15e7d #db3f65 #cf2750 #b12144 #931c39 #75162d #561021 #380b16 #1a050a

Tints of light pink

#eea3b5 #efabbc #f1b4c3 #f2bcca #f4c5d0 #f6ced7 #f7d6de #f9dfe5 #fbe7ec #fcf0f3

Colors that go with light pink

Complementary#9aecd8 Analogous#ec9ad7 Analogous#ecaf9a Triadic#aeec9a Triadic#9aaeec Split complementary#9aecaf Split complementary#9ad7ec

Light pink in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 26, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec9aae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 26 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 28 13

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 pink in css

Copy #ec9aae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec9aae; }
.text { color: #ec9aae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec9aae; }

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 #ec9aae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec9aae against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ec9aae 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ec9aae 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

The figures for #ec9aae come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.