Light Pink color: #ffb6c1
The CSS keyword lightpink is #ffb6c1, rgb(255, 182, 193) or hsl(351, 100%, 86%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Light Pink
Light Pink is a light pink. Its hue sits at 9° in OKLCH and 351° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword lightpink comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Light Pink tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding lightpink’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 200 (#f8cad0), the one outlined; step 500 is #b3707b.
Harmonies built on Light Pink
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps lightpink’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #87dfd8, closest to the named color powderblue.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Light Pink on white and on black
Black text reads better on lightpink (12.71:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 1.65:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 12.71:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Light Pink
Open lightpink in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --lightpink-50 … --lightpink-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.