Inspect LightPink (#FFB6C1) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
LightPink
#FFB6C1
Black text reads best on this background, at 12.71:1.
LightPink is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFB6C1 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 182, 193) and hsl(351, 100%, 86%). Perceptually it is a light, muted color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 85% and its chroma at 0.086. It sits in the pinks at 9 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a cool color.
White text only reaches 1.65:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 12.71:1. That combination of lightness and chroma makes it a workable mid-tone, the kind of value that lands in the middle of a shade scale.
The closest CSS named colors to LightPink, measured with CIEDE2000, are Pink (#FFC0CB), Thistle (#D8BFD8), LightCoral (#F08080). If LightPink is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFB6C1
RGB
rgb(255, 182, 193)
HSL
hsl(351, 100%, 86%)
HWB
hwb(351 71% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 29%, 24%, 0%)
LAB
lab(81.3 28.36 5.56)
LCH
lch(81.3 28.9 11.08)
OKLCH
oklch(84.74% 0.0858 9.09)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFB6C1 white text measures 1.65:1 and black text 12.71:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on LightPink
WCAG 2.2
1.65:1
APCA
Lc 32
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on LightPink
WCAG 2.2
12.71:1
APCA
Lc 75
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check LightPink against any other color in the contrast checker.
LightPink sits at 85% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF6F7 and down to #130003, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#FFC3CC
20% lighter
#FFD0D7
40% lighter
#FFDDE1
60% lighter
#FFE9EC
80% lighter
#FFF6F7
100% lighter
#CE8994
20% darker
#9E5D69
40% darker
#713541
60% darker
#450D1C
80% darker
#130003
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFB6C1 in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFB6C1 in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
LightPink sits at 9 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 189 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of LightPink at 339 and 39 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
9, 129 and 249 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 189 degrees, this pair flanks it at 159 and 219. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around LightPink on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under deuteranopia, where #FFB6C1 reads as #CECBC0, 24.6 CIEDE2000 units away. If LightPink is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#BFBFC1
Deuteranopia
#CECBC0
Tritanopia
#FFB2BA
Achromatopsia
#C6C6C6
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFB6C1, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.