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Light Pink

Hex #FFB6C1, rgb(255 182 193). A pink CSS named color.

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About Light Pink

Light Pink is a light moderately saturated pink with the hex code #FFB6C1. In RGB it is made of 255 red, 182 green and 193 blue; in HSL its hue is 351°, with 100% saturation and 86% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 84.7%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "lightpink" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.65:1 and against black 12.71:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Light Pink mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Light Pink 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Light Pink

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Analogous

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Light Pink with white and black. The readable text color on Light Pink is black.

Light Pink textSmall text on white

On white1.65:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large fail
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 29

Light Pink textSmall text on black

On black12.71:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA pass
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -74

Black text on Light Pink (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Light Pink appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#C1C1C1
  • Deuteranopia#D3CEC0
  • Tritanopia#FFB0BA
  • Protanomaly#D5C0C1
  • Deuteranomaly#DDC8C0
  • Tritanomaly#FFB4BE
  • Achromatopsia#C9C9C9

Colors similar to Light Pink

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Light Pink in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.light-pink {
  color: lightpink; /* #FFB6C1 */
  background-color: rgb(255 182 193);
  border-color: oklch(84.7% 0.086 9.1);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-light-pink-500, text-light-pink-700... */
@theme {
  --color-light-pink-50: #FFF8F9;
  --color-light-pink-100: #FFDEE2;
  --color-light-pink-200: #FFB6C1;
  --color-light-pink-300: #FF8BA0;
  --color-light-pink-400: #FF3574;
  --color-light-pink-500: #E6005F;
  --color-light-pink-600: #C60051;
  --color-light-pink-700: #A20041;
  --color-light-pink-800: #840033;
  --color-light-pink-900: #6D0029;
  --color-light-pink-950: #31000E;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#FFB6C1] text-[#000000]">…</div>