Hot pink

#f981c1

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

Hot pink is a light pink, open and easy to pair. 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 #f981c1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f981c1

RGB249, 129, 193

HSL328, 91%, 74%

HSV328, 48%, 98%

CMYK0%, 48%, 22%, 2%

Lab69.25, 53.07, -12.43

XYZ56.54, 39.69, 55.13

Decimal16351681

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone237 C

Shades of hot pink

#f760b1 #f63fa0 #f41e90 #e40b7f #c3096c #a2085a #810647 #600535 #3e0323 #1d0110

Tints of hot pink

#fa8cc6 #fa97cc #fba2d1 #fbadd6 #fcb7dc #fcc2e1 #fdcde7 #fdd8ec #fee3f1 #feeef7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#81f9b9 Analogous#f581f9 Analogous#f98185 Triadic#c1f981 Triadic#81c1f9 Split complementary#85f981 Split complementary#81f9f5

Hot pink in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 22, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f981c1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 22 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 24 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #f981c1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f981c1; }
.text { color: #f981c1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f981c1; }

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 #f981c1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f981c1 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 #f981c1 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 #f981c1 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 #f981c1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.