Pink

#a56c9e

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

Pink is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #a56c9e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a56c9e

RGB165, 108, 158

HSL307, 24%, 54%

HSV307, 35%, 65%

CMYK0%, 35%, 4%, 35%

Lab53.16, 30.79, -17.78

XYZ27.05, 21.19, 35.01

Decimal10841246

Web safe#996699

Pantone2573 C

Shades of pink

#9a5e93 #8b5585 #7c4c76 #6d4368 #5e3a5a #4f304b #40273d #311e2f #221520 #130c12

Tints of pink

#ad7aa7 #b687b0 #be95b9 #c6a2c2 #cfb0cb #d7bed4 #dfcbdd #e8d9e6 #f0e6ef #f8f4f8

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#6ca573 Analogous#8f6ca5 Analogous#a56c81 Triadic#9ea56c Triadic#6c9ea5 Split complementary#82a56c Split complementary#6ca590

Pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 4, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a56c9e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 4 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 8 41

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 #a56c9e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a56c9e; }
.text { color: #a56c9e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a56c9e; }

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 #a56c9e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a56c9e 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 #a56c9e 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 #a56c9e 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 #a56c9e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.