Hot pink

#e48cbc

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

Hot 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.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #e48cbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e48cbc

RGB228, 140, 188

HSL327, 62%, 72%

HSV327, 39%, 89%

CMYK0%, 39%, 18%, 11%

Lab68.66, 39.9, -10.78

XYZ50.45, 38.88, 52.42

Decimal14978236

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone673 C

Shades of hot pink

#de71ac #d7559c #d13a8c #bd2c7b #a12669 #861f57 #6b1946 #4f1334 #340c22 #190610

Tints of hot pink

#e696c2 #e9a0c8 #ebaace #edb4d3 #f0bed9 #f2c8df #f5d2e5 #f7dceb #f9e6f1 #fcf1f7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#8ce4b4 Analogous#e08ce4 Analogous#e48c90 Triadic#bce48c Triadic#8cbce4 Split complementary#90e48c Split complementary#8ce4e0

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, 39, 18, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e48cbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 18 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 21 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 #e48cbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e48cbc; }
.text { color: #e48cbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e48cbc; }

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 #e48cbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e48cbc 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 #e48cbc 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 #e48cbc 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

The figures for #e48cbc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.