Hot pink

#ec83c9

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

This is Hot pink, a strong pink at 320 degrees. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #ec83c9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec83c9

RGB236, 131, 201

HSL320, 73%, 72%

HSV320, 44%, 93%

CMYK0%, 44%, 15%, 7%

Lab68.23, 49.14, -18.6

XYZ53.25, 38.28, 59.84

Decimal15500233

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of hot pink

#e866bc #e349b0 #df2ba3 #ca1f91 #ac1a7c #8f1667 #721152 #550d3d #380928 #1b0413

Tints of hot pink

#ee8ece #ef99d2 #f1a4d7 #f3aedc #f4b9e1 #f6c4e5 #f8cfea #f9daef #fbe5f4 #fdf0f8

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#83eca6 Analogous#da83ec Analogous#ec8395 Triadic#c9ec83 Triadic#83c9ec Split complementary#95ec83 Split complementary#83ecdb

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, 44, 15, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec83c9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 15 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 18 13

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Hot pink in css

Copy #ec83c9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec83c9; }
.text { color: #ec83c9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec83c9; }

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 #ec83c9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec83c9 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 #ec83c9 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 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 #ec83c9 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

The figures for #ec83c9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.