Light Pink #FFB6C1

Light Pink color (#FFB6C1)

Light Pink is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword lightpink anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FFB6C1, which is rgb(255, 182, 193) in RGB.

It is a light, moderately saturated warm color with a hue angle of 351° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 85% in OKLCH. On a light pink background, black text gives the higher contrast at 12.71:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Light Pink color codes

CSS name lightpink
HEX #FFB6C1
HEX (8-digit) #FFB6C1FF
RGB rgb(255, 182, 193)
HSL hsl(351, 100%, 86%)
HSV / HSB hsv(351, 29%, 100%)
OKLCH oklch(84.7% 0.0858 9.1)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 24.3%, 0%)

Contrast with white and black

WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for light pink used as text and as a background.

Aa Sample text
Light Pink text on white
1.65:1 WCAG Lc 28.7 APCA Fails AA
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Light Pink text on black
12.71:1 WCAG Lc -74.2 APCA Passes AA
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White text on light pink
1.65:1 WCAG Lc -32.4 APCA Fails AA
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Black text on light pink
12.71:1 WCAG Lc 75.1 APCA Passes AA

Tints and shades of light pink

Tints mix light pink with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.

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Colors that go with light pink

Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.

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Light Pink with color blindness

Approximately how light pink appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.

Using light pink in CSS

.element {
  color: lightpink;
  background-color: #ffb6c1;
  border-color: rgb(255 182 193 / 50%);
  outline-color: oklch(84.7% 0.0858 9.1);
}

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