Hot pink

#df5ca8

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 #df5ca8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#df5ca8

RGB223, 92, 168

HSL325, 67%, 62%

HSV325, 59%, 87%

CMYK0%, 59%, 25%, 13%

Lab58.2, 58.97, -15.22

XYZ41.33, 26.17, 39.92

Decimal14638248

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone238 C

Shades of hot pink

#da449b #d62c8f #c0267f #a8216f #901c60 #791850 #611340 #490e30 #310a21 #1a0511

Tints of hot pink

#e26bb0 #e57ab8 #e888c0 #eb97c8 #eea6d0 #f0b5d7 #f3c4df #f6d2e7 #f9e1ef #fcf0f7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5cdf93 Analogous#d45cdf Analogous#df5c67 Triadic#a8df5c Triadic#5ca8df Split complementary#66df5c Split complementary#5cdfd4

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, 59, 25, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #df5ca8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 25 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 27 19

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 #df5ca8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #df5ca8; }
.text { color: #df5ca8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #df5ca8; }

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 #df5ca8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #df5ca8 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 #df5ca8 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 #df5ca8 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

Every value on this page for #df5ca8 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.