Hot pink

#ee51b4

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 vivid. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #ee51b4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ee51b4

RGB238, 81, 180

HSL322, 82%, 63%

HSV322, 66%, 93%

CMYK0%, 66%, 24%, 7%

Lab59.3, 69.23, -20.25

XYZ46.44, 27.36, 46.01

Decimal15618484

Web safe#ff66cc

Pantone238 C

Shades of hot pink

#eb37a9 #e91c9d #d4158d #ba127c #9f106a #850d59 #6b0a47 #500836 #360524 #1c0313

Tints of hot pink

#f061bb #f171c2 #f380c8 #f490cf #f6a0d6 #f7b0dd #f9bfe4 #facfea #fcdff1 #fdeff8

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#51ee8b Analogous#da51ee Analogous#ee5165 Triadic#b4ee51 Triadic#51b4ee Split complementary#65ee51 Split complementary#51eeda

Hot pink in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 24, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ee51b4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 24 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 26 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 #ee51b4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ee51b4; }
.text { color: #ee51b4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee51b4; }

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 #ee51b4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ee51b4 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 #ee51b4 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 #ee51b4 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

Here is how the numbers for #ee51b4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.