Hot pink

#e45eb4

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 321 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 #e45eb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e45eb4

RGB228, 94, 180

HSL321, 71%, 63%

HSV321, 59%, 89%

CMYK0%, 59%, 21%, 11%

Lab59.7, 61.17, -19.78

XYZ44.24, 27.79, 46.21

Decimal14966452

Web safe#cc66cc

Pantone238 C

Shades of hot pink

#e045a8 #dc2c9d #c9228d #b01e7b #97196a #7e1558 #651147 #4c0d35 #330924 #1a0412

Tints of hot pink

#e66dbb #e97bc2 #eb8ac8 #ee98cf #f0a7d6 #f3b5dd #f5c4e4 #f8d3ea #fae1f1 #fcf0f8

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5ee48e Analogous#d15ee4 Analogous#e45e71 Triadic#b4e45e Triadic#5eb4e4 Split complementary#71e45e Split complementary#5ee4d1

Hot pink in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 21, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e45eb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 21 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 23 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 #e45eb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e45eb4; }
.text { color: #e45eb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e45eb4; }

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 #e45eb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e45eb4 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 #e45eb4 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 #e45eb4 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e45eb4 are worked out. 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.