Hot pink

#ec5fbb

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, grounded 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 #ec5fbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec5fbb

RGB236, 95, 187

HSL321, 79%, 65%

HSV321, 60%, 93%

CMYK0%, 60%, 21%, 7%

Lab61.31, 63.97, -21.23

XYZ47.65, 29.61, 50.22

Decimal15491003

Web safe#ff66cc

Pantone2375 C

Shades of hot pink

#e944b0 #e629a4 #d71a95 #bc1683 #a21370 #87105d #6c0d4b #510a38 #360626 #1b0313

Tints of hot pink

#ee6dc1 #ef7cc7 #f18acd #f399d3 #f5a7da #f6b5e0 #f8c4e6 #fad2ec #fbe1f2 #fdeff8

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5fec90 Analogous#d75fec Analogous#ec5f74 Triadic#bbec5f Triadic#5fbbec Split complementary#74ec5f Split complementary#5fecd7

Hot pink in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 60, 21, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec5fbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 60 21 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 59 23 13

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 #ec5fbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec5fbb; }
.text { color: #ec5fbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec5fbb; }

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 #ec5fbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec5fbb 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 #ec5fbb 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 #ec5fbb 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 #ec5fbb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.