Hot pink

#e181b1

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

This is Hot pink, a strong pink at 330 degrees. 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 #e181b1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e181b1

RGB225, 129, 177

HSL330, 62%, 69%

HSV330, 43%, 88%

CMYK0%, 43%, 21%, 12%

Lab65.66, 42.96, -9.13

XYZ46.84, 34.88, 45.86

Decimal14778801

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone673 C

Shades of hot pink

#db67a1 #d54d91 #ce3380 #b52b70 #9b2560 #811f50 #671940 #4d1230 #330c1f #19060f

Tints of hot pink

#e48cb8 #e697bf #e9a2c6 #ecaecd #eeb9d4 #f1c4da #f4cfe1 #f6dae8 #f9e5ef #fcf1f6

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#81e1b1 Analogous#e181e1 Analogous#e18181 Triadic#b1e181 Triadic#81b1e1 Split complementary#81e181 Split complementary#81e1e1

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, 43, 21, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e181b1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 43 21 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 23 18

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #e181b1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e181b1; }
.text { color: #e181b1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e181b1; }

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 #e181b1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e181b1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Hot pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e181b1 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn hot pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e181b1 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 #e181b1 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.