Hot pink

#ec6fa6

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

This is Hot pink, a strong pink at 334 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #ec6fa6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec6fa6

RGB236, 111, 166

HSL334, 77%, 68%

HSV334, 53%, 93%

CMYK0%, 53%, 30%, 7%

Lab63.31, 54.0, -6.22

XYZ47.16, 31.95, 39.76

Decimal15495078

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone218 C

Shades of hot pink

#e85395 #e53783 #df1d72 #c31a64 #a71656 #8b1247 #6f0f39 #530b2b #37071c #1b040e

Tints of hot pink

#ee7cae #ef89b6 #f195be #f3a2c6 #f4afce #f6bcd6 #f8c9dd #fad6e5 #fbe2ed #fdeff5

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#6fecb5 Analogous#ec6fe5 Analogous#ec766f Triadic#a6ec6f Triadic#6fa6ec Split complementary#6fec76 Split complementary#6fe5ec

Hot pink in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 53, 30, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec6fa6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 53 30 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 53 32 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 #ec6fa6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec6fa6; }
.text { color: #ec6fa6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec6fa6; }

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 #ec6fa6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec6fa6 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 #ec6fa6 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 #ec6fa6 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

Here is how the numbers for #ec6fa6 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.