Pink

#fcc5cd

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

Pink is a pale red that reads gentle. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #fcc5cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcc5cd

RGB252, 197, 205

HSL351, 90%, 88%

HSV351, 22%, 99%

CMYK0%, 22%, 19%, 1%

Lab84.5, 20.75, 3.54

XYZ71.13, 65.04, 66.56

Decimal16565709

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone1895 C

Shades of pink

#fa9dab #f87588 #f64e66 #f42644 #e40c2b #bc0a24 #94081c #6d0615 #45040d #1d0206

Tints of pink

#fccdd4 #fdd5db #fddadf #fde2e6 #feeaed #feeef0

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#c5fcf4 Analogous#fcc5e9 Analogous#fcd8c5 Triadic#cdfcc5 Triadic#c5cdfc Split complementary#c5fcd8 Split complementary#c5e9fc

Pink in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 19, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcc5cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 19 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 21 7

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.

Pink in css

Copy #fcc5cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcc5cd; }
.text { color: #fcc5cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcc5cd; }

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 #fcc5cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcc5cd 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 #fcc5cd 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 #fcc5cd 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

The figures for #fcc5cd 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. 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.