Hot pink

#de6eb3

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, mid and strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #de6eb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#de6eb3
RGB222, 110, 179
HSL323, 63%, 65%
HSV323, 50%, 87%
CMYK0%, 50%, 19%, 13%
Lab61.6, 51.83, -16.4
XYZ43.84, 29.94, 46.12
Decimal14577331
Web safe#cc66cc
Pantone2375 C
Pantone2375 CHex#de6eb3Rgb222 110 179Cmyk0 50 19 13Lab62 52 -16Darker#9a236cDeep#d13495Lighter#e8acd1

Shades of hot pink

Tints of hot pink

Colors that go with hot pink

Hot pink in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 50, 19, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #de6eb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 50 19 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 50 21 19
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.

Hot pink in css

Copy #de6eb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #de6eb3; }
.text { color: #de6eb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #de6eb3; }

How hot pink looks on light and dark

Hot pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #de6eb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.01:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
6.99:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #de6eb3 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 #de6eb3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #de6eb3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from hot pink, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #de6eb3 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.