Hot pink

#ec97bf

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

Hot pink is a light pink, relaxed and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #ec97bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec97bf

RGB236, 151, 191

HSL332, 69%, 76%

HSV332, 36%, 93%

CMYK0%, 36%, 19%, 7%

Lab72.05, 37.31, -7.31

XYZ55.06, 43.73, 54.83

Decimal15505343

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone223 C

Shades of hot pink

#e679ac #e15b9a #db3d87 #cf2675 #b12064 #921b53 #741542 #561031 #380a20 #1a050f

Tints of hot pink

#eea0c4 #efa9ca #f1b2cf #f2bbd5 #f4c3da #f6cce0 #f7d5e5 #f9deeb #fbe7f0 #fcf0f6

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#97ecc4 Analogous#ec97ea Analogous#ec9997 Triadic#bfec97 Triadic#97bfec Split complementary#97ec99 Split complementary#97eaec

Hot pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 36, 19, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec97bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 36 19 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 37 21 13

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #ec97bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec97bf; }
.text { color: #ec97bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec97bf; }

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 #ec97bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec97bf 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 #ec97bf 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 #ec97bf 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 #ec97bf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.