Hot pink

#f96aaa

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

This is Hot pink, a vivid pink at 333 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #f96aaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f96aaa

RGB249, 106, 170

HSL333, 92%, 70%

HSV333, 57%, 98%

CMYK0%, 57%, 32%, 2%

Lab64.44, 60.82, -6.61

XYZ51.48, 33.35, 41.75

Decimal16345770

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone224 C

Shades of hot pink

#f84b98 #f62c86 #f50c75 #d90966 #b90757 #9a0648 #7b053a #5c042b #3d021c #1d010e

Tints of hot pink

#fa77b2 #fa84b9 #fb92c1 #fb9fc8 #fcacd0 #fcb9d7 #fdc6df #fdd3e6 #fee1ee #feeef5

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#6af9b9 Analogous#f96af1 Analogous#f9716a Triadic#aaf96a Triadic#6aaaf9 Split complementary#6af971 Split complementary#6af2f9

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, 57, 32, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f96aaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 32 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 33 8

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 #f96aaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f96aaa; }
.text { color: #f96aaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f96aaa; }

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 #f96aaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f96aaa 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 #f96aaa 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 #f96aaa 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

Here is how the numbers for #f96aaa 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.