Hot pink

#ea78b7

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, confident 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 #ea78b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ea78b7

RGB234, 120, 183

HSL327, 73%, 69%

HSV327, 49%, 92%

CMYK0%, 49%, 22%, 8%

Lab65.23, 51.3, -13.03

XYZ49.2, 34.34, 48.84

Decimal15366327

Web safe#ff66cc

Pantone218 C

Shades of hot pink

#e65ca8 #e14099 #dd248a #c21e79 #a61a68 #8a1656 #6e1145 #520d33 #360822 #1a0410

Tints of hot pink

#ec84bd #ee90c4 #f09cca #f1a8d1 #f3b4d7 #f5c0dd #f7cce4 #f9d8ea #fbe4f0 #fdf0f7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#78eaab Analogous#e478ea Analogous#ea787e Triadic#b7ea78 Triadic#78b7ea Split complementary#7eea78 Split complementary#78eae4

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, 49, 22, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ea78b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 22 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 24 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #ea78b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ea78b7; }
.text { color: #ea78b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ea78b7; }

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 #ea78b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ea78b7 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 #ea78b7 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 #ea78b7 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 #ea78b7 is computed, not guessed. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.