Hot pink

#d85ea5

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #d85ea5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d85ea5

RGB216, 94, 165

HSL325, 61%, 61%

HSV325, 56%, 85%

CMYK0%, 56%, 24%, 15%

Lab57.39, 55.58, -14.8

XYZ39.11, 25.32, 38.42

Decimal14180005

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone674 C

Shades of hot pink

#d34898 #cd328c #b62c7c #a0276d #89215e #731c4e #5c163f #461130 #2f0b20 #190611

Tints of hot pink

#dc6dad #df7bb5 #e38abe #e699c6 #eaa7ce #edb6d6 #f1c5de #f4d3e7 #f8e2ef #fcf1f7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5ed891 Analogous#ce5ed8 Analogous#d85e68 Triadic#a5d85e Triadic#5ea5d8 Split complementary#68d85e Split complementary#5ed8ce

Hot 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, 56, 24, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d85ea5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 24 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 26 21

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 #d85ea5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d85ea5; }
.text { color: #d85ea5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d85ea5; }

How hot pink looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Hot pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d85ea5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d85ea5 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 #d85ea5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #d85ea5 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 hot pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #d85ea5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.