Pink

#d9bec5

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

Pink is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #d9bec5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d9bec5

RGB217, 190, 197

HSL344, 26%, 80%

HSV344, 12%, 85%

CMYK0%, 12%, 9%, 15%

Lab79.39, 10.74, 0.0

XYZ57.11, 55.61, 60.55

Decimal14270149

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5165 C

Shades of pink

#cba6b0 #bd8e9b #af7785 #a15f70 #8a5160 #72434f #5b353f #43272e #2b191e #130b0d

Tints of pink

#dfc9cf #e6d3d8 #e9d9dd #efe4e7 #f5eef0 #f8f4f5

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#bed9d2 Analogous#d9bed3 Analogous#d9c5be Triadic#c5d9be Triadic#bec5d9 Split complementary#bed9c5 Split complementary#bed3d9

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, 12, 9, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d9bec5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 9 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 12 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.

Pink in css

Copy #d9bec5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d9bec5; }
.text { color: #d9bec5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d9bec5; }

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 #d9bec5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d9bec5 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 #d9bec5 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 #d9bec5 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 #d9bec5 is computed, not guessed. 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.