Hot pink

#f36ea5

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

Hot pink sits in the pink band, mid and vivid. 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 #f36ea5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f36ea5

RGB243, 110, 165

HSL335, 85%, 69%

HSV335, 55%, 95%

CMYK0%, 55%, 32%, 5%

Lab64.1, 56.56, -4.36

XYZ49.33, 32.92, 39.35

Decimal15953573

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone218 C

Shades of hot pink

#f15093 #ee3280 #ec156e #cf1160 #b10f52 #930c44 #760a36 #580729 #3a051b #1c020d

Tints of hot pink

#f47bad #f588b5 #f695bd #f7a1c5 #f8aecd #f9bbd5 #fac8dd #fcd5e5 #fde2ed #feeff5

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#6ef3bc Analogous#f36ee8 Analogous#f37a6e Triadic#a5f36e Triadic#6ea5f3 Split complementary#6ef37a Split complementary#6ee7f3

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, 55, 32, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f36ea5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 55 32 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 55 33 11

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 #f36ea5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f36ea5; }
.text { color: #f36ea5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f36ea5; }

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 #f36ea5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f36ea5 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 #f36ea5 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 #f36ea5 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 #f36ea5 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.