Hot pink

#d55ca8

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

Hot pink sits in the pink band, mid and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #d55ca8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d55ca8
RGB213, 92, 168
HSL322, 59%, 60%
HSV322, 57%, 84%
CMYK0%, 57%, 21%, 16%
Lab56.71, 56.02, -17.61
XYZ38.34, 24.63, 39.78
Decimal13982888
Web safe#cc6699
Pantone238 C
Pantone238 CHex#d55ca8Rgb213 92 168Cmyk0 57 21 16Lab57 56 -18Darker#81215dDeep#ba3086Lighter#e099c5

Shades of hot pink

Tints of hot pink

Colors that go with hot pink

Hot pink in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 21, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d55ca8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 57 21 16
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 56 23 22
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.

Hot pink in css

Copy #d55ca8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d55ca8; }
.text { color: #d55ca8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d55ca8; }

How hot pink looks on light and dark

Hot pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d55ca8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.54:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
5.93:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d55ca8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Hot pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d55ca8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around hot 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 hot pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d55ca8 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #d55ca8 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.