CSS named color

Light Pink #FFB6C1

The CSS keyword lightpink is #FFB6C1. It is a pale muted pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.847, chroma 0.086 and hue 9.1°.

Relative luminance: 0.5857
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.847 · 0.086 · 9.1
Best text: Black 12.71:1
Hue family: Pink

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#FFB6C1 color codes

HEX: #FFB6C1
RGB: rgb(255, 182, 193)
HSL: hsl(351, 100%, 86%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.847 0.086 9.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.847 0.085 0.014)
CIELAB (D65): L* 81.05, a* 27.96, b* 5.04
XYZ (D65): X 67.59, Y 58.57, Z 58.19
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 29%, 24%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFB6C1 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 12.71:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.65:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

12.71:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +75
White text on it

1.65:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −32
As text on black

12.71:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −74
As text on white

1.65:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +28

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#A5646F 4.51:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.85 to 0.58 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFB6C1 12.71:1

It already reaches 12.71:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFB6C1 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FFB6C1

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFB6C1 sits at step 200.

50#FFF1F3

White
1.09
Black
19.12
100#FFE3E7

White
1.20
Black
17.39
200This color#FFB6C1

White
1.65
Black
12.71
300#ECA9B3

White
1.92
Black
10.89
400#D08C96

White
2.66
Black
7.87
500#B3707B

White
3.80
Black
5.52
600#995964

White
5.29
Black
3.96
700#7F434E

White
7.45
Black
2.81
800#622C37

White
10.85
Black
1.93
900#451721

White
15.02
Black
1.39
950#2D0510

White
18.40
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFB6C1 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.086; #FFB6C1 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.112 there: 30% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.086
sRGB edge: 0.086
Display P3 edge: 0.112
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.165
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 494 nm
Excitation purity: 14%
Chromaticity: x 0.3667, y 0.3177

This color#FFB6C1
Most vivid in sRGB#FFB6C1
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.847 0.112 9.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffb6c1;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.699 0.7454); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFB6C1

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FFDBE0
OKLab50%#FFDBE0
OKLCH50%#FFDBE0

Black #000000

sRGB50%#805B61
OKLab50%#634449
OKLCH50%#634449

Its complement #87DFD8

sRGB50%#C3CBCD
OKLab50%#CDCDCD
OKLCH50%#C1C8FF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffb6c1, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffb6c1 50%, white);

In use

#FFB6C1 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:112.71:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.65:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.65:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.65:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A5646F 4.51:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:112.71:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.34:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:111.34:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.34:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFB6C1 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.8; tritanopia changes it least, 1.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#C1C1C1 ΔE2000 21.2

Distinct

Reads as light gray
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#D3CEC0 ΔE2000 24.8

Distinct

Reads as light gray
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFB0BA ΔE2000 1.7

Very close

Reads as pale muted pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#C9C9C9 ΔE2000 21.1

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #87DFD8. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFB6C1 · #87DFD8	46.2	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#C1C1C1 · #D6D7D8	5.4	Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia	#D3CEC0 · #C6CBD9	13.5	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFB0BA · #63E3DD	50.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#C9C9C9 · #D0D0D0	1.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFB6C1

Its complement is #87DFD8, a pale muted cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FFB6C1
Complement#87DFD8

Complementary

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−30°#F3B8E0
Base#FFB6C1
+30°#FFBAA4

Analogous

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Base#FFB6C1
+120°#BBD89D
+240°#A5D2FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FFB6C1
+150°#9CDFB9
+210°#8ADBF3

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lightpink: #ffb6c1;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lightpink: '#ffb6c1',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-lightpink: oklch(0.847 0.086 9.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lightpink": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.7137, 0.7569],
        "hex": "#ffb6c1"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lightpink"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lightpink = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.714, blue: 0.757, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lightpink = Color(0xFFFFB6C1)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #FFB6C1 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Light Pink #FFB6C1

#FFB6C1 color codes

Contrast: is #FFB6C1 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFB6C1 live

Shades and tints of #FFB6C1

How vivid #FFB6C1 can get

Mixing #FFB6C1

#FFB6C1 in an interface

How #FFB6C1 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFB6C1

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFB6C1 in the tools