Pink

#a470a0

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 #a470a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a470a0

RGB164, 112, 160

HSL305, 22%, 54%

HSV305, 32%, 64%

CMYK0%, 32%, 2%, 36%

Lab54.05, 28.57, -17.6

XYZ27.45, 22.02, 36.06

Decimal10776736

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of pink

#9a6295 #8b5887 #7c4f78 #6d456a #5e3c5b #4f324c #40293e #311f2f #221521 #130c12

Tints of pink

#ac7da9 #b58ab2 #bd98ba #c6a5c3 #ceb2cc #d6bfd5 #dfccdd #e7dae6 #f0e7ef #f8f4f8

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#70a474 Analogous#8e70a4 Analogous#a47086 Triadic#a0a470 Triadic#70a0a4 Split complementary#86a470 Split complementary#70a48e

Pink in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 32, 2, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a470a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 32 2 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 6 42

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 #a470a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a470a0; }
.text { color: #a470a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a470a0; }

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 #a470a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a470a0 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 #a470a0 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 #a470a0 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

Here is how the numbers for #a470a0 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.