Hot pink

#ee5cbb

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 #ee5cbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee5cbb
RGB238, 92, 187
HSL321, 81%, 65%
HSV321, 61%, 93%
CMYK0%, 61%, 21%, 7%
Lab61.15, 65.79, -21.45
XYZ48.06, 29.42, 50.16
Decimal15621307
Web safe#ff66cc
Pantone2375 C
Pantone2375 CHex#ee5cbbRgb238 92 187Cmyk0 61 21 7Lab61 66 -21Darker#aa1274Deep#e71ba0Lighter#f0a1d5

Shades of hot pink

Tints of hot pink

Colors that go with hot pink

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, 61, 21, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee5cbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 61 21 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 60 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #ee5cbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee5cbb; }
.text { color: #ee5cbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee5cbb; }

How hot pink looks on light and dark

Hot pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ee5cbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.05:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
6.88:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee5cbb 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 #ee5cbb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #ee5cbb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #ee5cbb 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.