Hot pink

#fd8dbd

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, relaxed 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 #fd8dbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fd8dbd

RGB253, 141, 189

HSL334, 97%, 77%

HSV334, 44%, 99%

CMYK0%, 44%, 25%, 1%

Lab71.96, 47.89, -6.1

XYZ59.22, 43.61, 53.44

Decimal16616893

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone223 C

Shades of hot pink

#fc69a8 #fc4694 #fb227f #f4046b #d1045c #ad034c #89023c #65022d #42011d #1e010d

Tints of hot pink

#fd97c3 #fda0c8 #feaace #feb4d3 #febdd9 #fec7df #fed1e4 #fedaea #ffe4ef #ffedf5

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#8dfdcd Analogous#fd8df5 Analogous#fd958d Triadic#bdfd8d Triadic#8dbdfd Split complementary#8dfd95 Split complementary#8df5fd

Hot pink in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 25, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fd8dbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 25 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 27 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.

Hot pink in css

Copy #fd8dbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fd8dbd; }
.text { color: #fd8dbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fd8dbd; }

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 #fd8dbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fd8dbd 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 #fd8dbd 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 #fd8dbd 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 #fd8dbd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.