Hot pink

#f45cb0

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #f45cb0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f45cb0

RGB244, 92, 176

HSL327, 87%, 66%

HSV327, 62%, 96%

CMYK0%, 62%, 28%, 4%

Lab61.67, 66.04, -14.27

XYZ48.97, 30.02, 44.29

Decimal16014512

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone224 C

Shades of hot pink

#f23fa2 #f02394 #e50f85 #c80e75 #ac0c64 #8f0a53 #720843 #560632 #390421 #1d0211

Tints of hot pink

#f56bb7 #f679be #f788c5 #f897cc #f9a5d3 #fab4db #fbc2e2 #fcd1e9 #fde0f0 #feeef7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#5cf4a0 Analogous#ec5cf4 Analogous#f45c64 Triadic#b0f45c Triadic#5cb0f4 Split complementary#64f45c Split complementary#5cf4ec

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, 62, 28, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f45cb0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 28 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 30 10

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 #f45cb0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f45cb0; }
.text { color: #f45cb0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f45cb0; }

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 #f45cb0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f45cb0 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 #f45cb0 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 #f45cb0 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

Every value on this page for #f45cb0 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.