HEX atlas value

#FFB6C1

#FFB6C1 is a warm red HEX color nearest Light Pink. RGB 255, 182, 193, HSL 351° 100% 86%, luminance 0.5857; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light pastel

#FFB6C1 Sample readable text

HEX #FFB6C1

RGB rgb(255, 182, 193)

HSL hsl(351 100% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 29, 24, 0)

Luminance 0.5857

Contrast Black 12.71:1White 1.65:1

CSS

--color-ffb6c1: #FFB6C1;
.background-ffb6c1 { background-color: #FFB6C1; }
.text-ffb6c1 { color: #FFB6C1; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFB6C1

#FFB6C1 is classified as a warm red value with light and pastel visual character. #FFB6C1 is visually closest to Light Pink, a named red color with HEX #FFB6C1.

The RGB channels are 255, 182, and 193, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 351deg with 100% saturation and 86% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.5857, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.71:1AA Pass

White text1.65:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFB6C1 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.71:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.65:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #B8FFF4#B8FFF4 · #000000 text · best 18.65:1 #FFD1B8#FFD1B8 · #000000 text · best 15.06:1 Pink#FFC0CB · #000000 text · best 13.65:1 #FFB8E6#FFB8E6 · #000000 text · best 13.25:1

Generated Palette

Light Pink#FFB6C1

#B8FFF4#B8FFF4

#FFB8E6#FFB8E6

#FFD1B8#FFD1B8

White#FFFFFF

#FF5C74#FF5C74

Color Harmonies

#B8FFF4#B8FFF4

#FFB8E6#FFB8E6

#FFD1B8#FFD1B8

#C2FFB8#C2FFB8

#B8C2FF#B8C2FF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FF5C74#FF5C74

#FFB8C2#FFB8C2

#F7BFC8#F7BFC8

White#FFFFFF

#FFE0E5#FFE0E5

Nearest Named Colors

Light Pink#FFB6C1

Cherry Blossom#FFB7C5

Sakura Pink#FFB7C5

Pink#FFC0CB

Melon#FDBCB4

Luminance0.5857

Black text12.71:1AA Pass

White text1.65:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FFB6C1","rgb":[255,182,193],"hsl":[351,100,86],"cmyk":[0,29,24,0],"luminance":0.5857,"contrast":{"black":12.71,"white":1.65}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.71,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.65,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B8FFF4","hex":"#B8FFF4","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.65,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFD1B8","hex":"#FFD1B8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.06,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pink","hex":"#FFC0CB","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.65,"contrastWhite":1.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FFB8E6","hex":"#FFB8E6","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.25,"contrastWhite":1.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","pastel","light red","pastel red","Light Pink adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffb6c1.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cherry-blossom.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sakura-pink.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B8FFF4","analogous":["#FFB8E6","#FFD1B8"],"triadic":["#C2FFB8","#B8C2FF"],"tetradic":["#E6FFB8","#B8FFF4","#D1B8FF"],"splitComplementary":["#B8FFD1","#B8E6FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFB6C1","#FF5C74"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FF5C74","saturated":"#FFB8C2","desaturated":"#F7BFC8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE0E5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-pink","name":"Light Pink","hex":"#FFB6C1","distance":0},{"slug":"cherry-blossom","name":"Cherry Blossom","hex":"#FFB7C5","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"sakura-pink","name":"Sakura Pink","hex":"#FFB7C5","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"pink","name":"Pink","hex":"#FFC0CB","distance":14.142135623730951},{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":14.45683229480096}]

#FFB6C1

CSS

About #FFB6C1

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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