Hot pink

#f97eae

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, light and vivid. 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 #f97eae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f97eae

RGB249, 126, 174

HSL337, 91%, 74%

HSV337, 49%, 98%

CMYK0%, 49%, 30%, 2%

Lab68.11, 52.01, -3.46

XYZ54.17, 38.12, 44.55

Decimal16350894

Web safe#ff6699

Pantone211 C

Shades of hot pink

#f75d99 #f63c85 #f41b70 #e30b5f #c20951 #a10743 #800636 #5f0428 #3e031a #1d010c

Tints of hot pink

#fa89b5 #fa94bc #fba0c3 #fbabca #fcb6d1 #fcc1d8 #fdccdf #fdd8e6 #fee3ed #feeef4

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#7ef9c9 Analogous#f97eec Analogous#f98b7e Triadic#aef97e Triadic#7eaef9 Split complementary#7ef98b Split complementary#7eecf9

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, 49, 30, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f97eae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 30 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 32 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 #f97eae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f97eae; }
.text { color: #f97eae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f97eae; }

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 #f97eae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f97eae 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 #f97eae 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 #f97eae 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 #f97eae 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 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.