Pink

#f3bcbf

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

This is Pink, a strong red sitting at 357 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #f3bcbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3bcbf

RGB243, 188, 191

HSL357, 70%, 85%

HSV357, 23%, 95%

CMYK0%, 23%, 21%, 5%

Lab81.17, 20.2, 6.12

XYZ64.35, 58.78, 57.24

Decimal15973567

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone495 C

Shades of pink

#ed9a9f #e7787e #e1565e #db343d #c4232c #a21d24 #80171d #5e1115 #3c0b0d #1a0506

Tints of pink

#f5c6c9 #f6ccce #f8d6d8 #f9dbdd #fae0e2 #fae5e7 #fbebec #fcf0f1

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#bcf3f0 Analogous#f3bcdb Analogous#f3d4bc Triadic#bff3bc Triadic#bcbff3 Split complementary#bcf3d4 Split complementary#bcdaf3

Pink in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 23, 21, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3bcbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 23 21 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 25 23 11

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Pink in css

Copy #f3bcbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3bcbf; }
.text { color: #f3bcbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3bcbf; }

How pink looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f3bcbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3bcbf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f3bcbf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f3bcbf 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 pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f3bcbf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.