Hot pink

#e55ea4

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 #e55ea4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e55ea4

RGB229, 94, 164

HSL329, 72%, 63%

HSV329, 59%, 90%

CMYK0%, 59%, 28%, 10%

Lab59.29, 59.36, -11.16

XYZ43.02, 27.34, 38.13

Decimal15031972

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone238 C

Shades of hot pink

#e14596 #dd2c88 #cb2179 #b11d6a #98195b #7f154c #66103d #4d0c2e #34081f #1a0410

Tints of hot pink

#e76dac #ea7bb4 #ec8abd #ee98c5 #f1a7cd #f3b5d5 #f5c4de #f8d3e6 #fae1ee #fdf0f6

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5ee59f Analogous#e35ee5 Analogous#e55e60 Triadic#a4e55e Triadic#5ea4e5 Split complementary#61e55e Split complementary#5ee5e3

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, 28, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e55ea4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 28 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 30 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e55ea4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e55ea4; }
.text { color: #e55ea4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e55ea4; }

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 #e55ea4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e55ea4 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 #e55ea4 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 #e55ea4 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 #e55ea4 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.