Pink

#a16b7a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for pink, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Pink sits in the pink band, mid and muted. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #a16b7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a16b7a

RGB161, 107, 122

HSL343, 22%, 53%

HSV343, 34%, 63%

CMYK0%, 34%, 24%, 37%

Lab51.26, 23.75, 0.53

XYZ23.47, 19.5, 20.94

Decimal10578810

Web safe#996666

Pantone5135 C

Shades of pink

#955f6e #875663 #784c59 #6a434e #5b3a43 #4d3139 #3e282e #301e23 #211518 #130c0e

Tints of pink

#aa7986 #b28693 #bb949f #c4a2ab #cdb0b8 #d5bdc4 #decbd0 #e7d9dd #efe6e9 #f8f4f5

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#6ba192 Analogous#a16b95 Analogous#a1776b Triadic#7aa16b Triadic#6b7aa1 Split complementary#6ba177 Split complementary#6b95a1

Pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 34, 24, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a16b7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 24 37

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 26 43

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Pink in css

Copy #a16b7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a16b7a; }
.text { color: #a16b7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a16b7a; }

How pink looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a16b7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a16b7a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a16b7a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around pink? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a16b7a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a16b7a is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.