Pink

#f5cadd

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

Pink sits in the pink band, pale and strong. 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 #f5cadd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5cadd
RGB245, 202, 221
HSL333, 68%, 88%
HSV333, 18%, 96%
CMYK0%, 18%, 10%, 4%
Lab85.44, 18.19, -3.7
XYZ71.83, 66.87, 77.53
Decimal16108253
Web safe#ffcccc
Pantone2365 C
Pantone2365 CHex#f5caddRgb245 202 221Cmyk0 18 10 4Lab85 18 -4Darker#de5290Deep#ea8eb6Lighter#f9e6ef

Shades of pink

Tints of pink

Colors that go with pink

Pink in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 18, 10, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5cadd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 18 10 4
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 21 13 10
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 #f5cadd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5cadd; }
.text { color: #f5cadd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5cadd; }

How pink looks on light and dark

Pink and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f5cadd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.46:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
14.37:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5cadd 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 #f5cadd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #f5cadd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pink, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f5cadd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.