Pink

#a56599

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Pink color values

Every conversion for #a56599, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a56599

RGB165, 101, 153

HSL311, 26%, 52%

HSV311, 39%, 65%

CMYK0%, 39%, 7%, 35%

Lab51.39, 33.77, -17.55

XYZ25.92, 19.61, 32.56

Decimal10839449

Web safe#996699

Pantone258 C

Shades of pink

#99598d #8a517f #7b4872 #6c3f64 #5e3756 #4f2e49 #40253b #311d2d #221420 #130b12

Tints of pink

#ad73a2 #b682ac #be90b5 #c69ebf #cfacc8 #d7bbd2 #dfc9db #e8d7e5 #f0e5ee #f8f4f8

Colors that go with pink

Complementary#65a571 Analogous#9165a5 Analogous#a56579 Triadic#99a565 Triadic#6599a5 Split complementary#79a565 Split complementary#65a591

Pink in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 39, 7, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a56599 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 7 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 10 41

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 #a56599 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a56599; }
.text { color: #a56599; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a56599; }

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 #a56599 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a56599 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 #a56599 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 #a56599 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 #a56599 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.