Pink

#c9b2bd

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

Pink sits in the pink band, light and muted. 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.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #c9b2bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9b2bd

RGB201, 178, 189

HSL331, 18%, 74%

HSV331, 11%, 79%

CMYK0%, 11%, 6%, 21%

Lab74.78, 10.14, -2.57

XYZ49.19, 47.93, 54.8

Decimal13218493

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone5155 C

Shades of pink

#bb9eab #ac899a #9e7588 #8d6377 #785466 #644654 #4f3843 #3b2932 #261b20 #120d0f

Tints of pink

#ceb9c3 #d2bfc8 #d7c6ce #dccdd4 #e0d3da #e5dadf #eae1e5 #eee7eb #f3eef0 #f8f5f6

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#b2c9be Analogous#c9b2c8 Analogous#c9b3b2 Triadic#bdc9b2 Triadic#b2bdc9 Split complementary#b2c9b3 Split complementary#b2c8c9

Pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 6, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9b2bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 6 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 10 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Pink in css

Copy #c9b2bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9b2bd; }
.text { color: #c9b2bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9b2bd; }

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 #c9b2bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9b2bd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pink on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c9b2bd 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn pink into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c9b2bd 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 #c9b2bd 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.