Hot pink

#ff8fcc

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

This is Hot pink, a vivid pink at 327 degrees. 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 #ff8fcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff8fcc

RGB255, 143, 204

HSL327, 100%, 78%

HSV327, 44%, 100%

CMYK0%, 44%, 20%, 0%

Lab73.07, 49.64, -12.74

XYZ61.96, 45.26, 62.6

Decimal16748492

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone223 C

Shades of hot pink

#ff6abb #ff46ab #ff219a #fb0089 #d60075 #b20061 #8d004d #680039 #430025 #1f0011

Tints of hot pink

#ff98d0 #ffa2d5 #ffabd9 #ffb5dd #ffbee1 #ffc7e6 #ffd1ea #ffdaee #ffe4f3 #ffedf7

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#8fffc2 Analogous#fa8fff Analogous#ff8f94 Triadic#ccff8f Triadic#8fccff Split complementary#94ff8f Split complementary#8ffffa

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, 44, 20, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff8fcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 20 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 22 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #ff8fcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff8fcc; }
.text { color: #ff8fcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff8fcc; }

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 #ff8fcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff8fcc 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 #ff8fcc 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 #ff8fcc 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 #ff8fcc are worked out. 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.