Hot pink

#f17bc5

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

Hot pink is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Hot pink color values

Every conversion for #f17bc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f17bc5

RGB241, 123, 197

HSL322, 81%, 71%

HSV322, 49%, 95%

CMYK0%, 49%, 18%, 5%

Lab67.2, 54.05, -17.86

XYZ53.44, 36.9, 57.13

Decimal15825861

Web safe#ff66cc

Pantone245 C

Shades of hot pink

#ee5db8 #eb3fab #e7219d #d1168b #b21377 #941063 #760d4f #58093b #3a0627 #1c0312

Tints of hot pink

#f287ca #f392cf #f59ed4 #f6a9d9 #f7b5de #f8c1e4 #facce9 #fbd8ee #fce3f3 #fdeff8

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#7bf1a7 Analogous#e27bf1 Analogous#f17b8a Triadic#c5f17b Triadic#7bc5f1 Split complementary#8af17b Split complementary#7bf1e2

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, 49, 18, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f17bc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 18 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 21 11

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 #f17bc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f17bc5; }
.text { color: #f17bc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f17bc5; }

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 #f17bc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f17bc5 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 #f17bc5 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 #f17bc5 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 #f17bc5 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.