Pink

#a488a9

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

Pink is a mid pink, grounded and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #a488a9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a488a9

RGB164, 136, 169

HSL291, 16%, 60%

HSV291, 20%, 66%

CMYK3%, 20%, 0%, 34%

Lab60.22, 16.67, -13.44

XYZ31.28, 28.37, 41.36

Decimal10782889

Web safe#999999

Pantone666 C

Shades of pink

#98789d #8b6991 #7c5d81 #6d5271 #5d4661 #4e3b51 #3f2f42 #302432 #201822 #110d12

Tints of pink

#ac93b1 #b59eb9 #bda9c1 #c5b3c8 #cebed0 #d6c9d8 #ded4e0 #e6dfe8 #efeaf0 #f7f5f8

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#8da988 Analogous#9388a9 Analogous#a9889e Triadic#a9a488 Triadic#88a9a4 Split complementary#9ea988 Split complementary#88a993

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 3, 20, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a488a9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 20 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 22 4 40

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 #a488a9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a488a9; }
.text { color: #a488a9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a488a9; }

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 #a488a9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a488a9 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 #a488a9 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 #a488a9 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

Here is how the numbers for #a488a9 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.