Hot pink

#e45eae

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

Hot pink is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. 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 #e45eae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e45eae

RGB228, 94, 174

HSL324, 71%, 63%

HSV324, 59%, 89%

CMYK0%, 59%, 24%, 11%

Lab59.48, 60.36, -16.66

XYZ43.64, 27.56, 43.06

Decimal14966446

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone238 C

Shades of hot pink

#e045a1 #dc2c95 #c92286 #b01e75 #971964 #7e1554 #651143 #4c0d33 #330922 #1a0411

Tints of hot pink

#e66db5 #e97bbd #eb8ac4 #ee98cb #f0a7d3 #f3b5da #f5c4e1 #f8d3e9 #fae1f0 #fcf0f7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5ee494 Analogous#d75ee4 Analogous#e45e6b Triadic#aee45e Triadic#5eaee4 Split complementary#6be45e Split complementary#5ee4d7

Hot pink in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 24, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e45eae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 24 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 26 17

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 #e45eae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e45eae; }
.text { color: #e45eae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e45eae; }

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 #e45eae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e45eae 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 #e45eae 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 #e45eae 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 #e45eae is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.