Pink

#ab88a4

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

Pink is a mid pink, balanced 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 #ab88a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab88a4

RGB171, 136, 164

HSL312, 17%, 60%

HSV312, 20%, 67%

CMYK0%, 20%, 4%, 33%

Lab60.73, 18.17, -9.74

XYZ32.3, 28.95, 39.01

Decimal11241636

Web safe#999999

Pantone521 C

Shades of pink

#a07898 #94688b #835d7c #73516c #63465d #533a4e #432f3f #32242f #221820 #120d11

Tints of pink

#b393ac #ba9eb5 #c2a9bd #cab3c5 #d1becd #d9c9d6 #e1d4de #e8dfe6 #f0eaef #f8f5f7

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#88ab8f Analogous#a188ab Analogous#ab8893 Triadic#a4ab88 Triadic#88a4ab Split complementary#93ab88 Split complementary#88aba1

Pink in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 20, 4, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab88a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 20 4 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 22 8 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 #ab88a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab88a4; }
.text { color: #ab88a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab88a4; }

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 #ab88a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab88a4 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 #ab88a4 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 #ab88a4 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

The figures for #ab88a4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.