Pink

#ab839c

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

This is Pink, a muted pink at 322 degrees. 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 #ab839c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab839c

RGB171, 131, 156

HSL322, 19%, 59%

HSV323, 23%, 67%

CMYK0%, 23%, 9%, 33%

Lab59.24, 19.53, -7.39

XYZ30.91, 27.29, 35.09

Decimal11240348

Web safe#999999

Pantone5145 C

Shades of pink

#a0738f #946482 #835974 #734e65 #634357 #533849 #432d3b #33222c #22171e #120c10

Tints of pink

#b38ea5 #ba9aae #c2a5b7 #cab0c0 #d1bcc9 #d9c7d2 #e1d2db #e8dee4 #f0e9ed #f8f4f7

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#83ab92 Analogous#a683ab Analogous#ab8388 Triadic#9cab83 Triadic#839cab Split complementary#88ab83 Split complementary#83aba6

Pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 9, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab839c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 9 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 12 39

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 #ab839c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab839c; }
.text { color: #ab839c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab839c; }

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 #ab839c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab839c 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 #ab839c 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 #ab839c 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 #ab839c 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.