Hot pink

#ea72ac

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, balanced 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 #ea72ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea72ac

RGB234, 114, 172

HSL331, 74%, 68%

HSV331, 51%, 92%

CMYK0%, 51%, 26%, 8%

Lab63.76, 52.71, -9.0

XYZ47.4, 32.51, 42.81

Decimal15364780

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone218 C

Shades of hot pink

#e6569c #e23b8b #dc217b #c01d6c #a5195c #89144d #6e103d #520c2e #36081e #1b040f

Tints of hot pink

#ec7fb3 #ee8bbb #f098c2 #f1a4ca #f3b1d1 #f5bdd8 #f7cae0 #f9d6e7 #fbe3ee #fdeff6

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#72eab0 Analogous#ea72e8 Analogous#ea7472 Triadic#acea72 Triadic#72acea Split complementary#72ea74 Split complementary#72e8ea

Hot pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 26, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea72ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 26 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 28 14

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

Hot pink in css

Copy #ea72ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea72ac; }
.text { color: #ea72ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea72ac; }

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 #ea72ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea72ac 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 #ea72ac 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 #ea72ac 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 #ea72ac come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.