Hot pink

#ff81bc

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 #ff81bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff81bc

RGB255, 129, 188

HSL332, 100%, 75%

HSV332, 49%, 100%

CMYK0%, 49%, 26%, 0%

Lab69.89, 54.3, -8.59

XYZ58.17, 40.59, 52.35

Decimal16744892

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone237 C

Shades of hot pink

#ff5ea9 #ff3a96 #ff1784 #f30072 #cf0061 #ac0051 #890040 #65002f #42001f #1f000e

Tints of hot pink

#ff8cc2 #ff97c8 #ffa1cd #ffacd3 #ffb7d9 #ffc2df #ffcde4 #ffd8ea #ffe2f0 #ffedf6

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#81ffc4 Analogous#ff81fb Analogous#ff8581 Triadic#bcff81 Triadic#81bcff Split complementary#81ff85 Split complementary#81fbff

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, 26, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff81bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 26 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 28 6

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 #ff81bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff81bc; }
.text { color: #ff81bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff81bc; }

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 #ff81bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff81bc 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 #ff81bc 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 #ff81bc 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 #ff81bc are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.