Hot pink

#ff81b8

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, light and vivid. 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 #ff81b8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff81b8

RGB255, 129, 184

HSL334, 100%, 75%

HSV334, 49%, 100%

CMYK0%, 49%, 28%, 0%

Lab69.77, 53.78, -6.53

XYZ57.74, 40.42, 50.11

Decimal16744888

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone211 C

Shades of hot pink

#ff5ea4 #ff3a90 #ff177c #f3006a #cf005a #ac004b #89003c #65002c #42001d #1f000d

Tints of hot pink

#ff8cbe #ff97c4 #ffa1ca #ffacd0 #ffb7d6 #ffc2dd #ffcde3 #ffd8e9 #ffe2ef #ffedf5

Colors that go with hot pink

Complementary#81ffc8 Analogous#ff81f7 Analogous#ff8981 Triadic#b8ff81 Triadic#81b8ff Split complementary#81ff89 Split complementary#81f7ff

Hot pink in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 49, 28, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff81b8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 49 28 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 49 30 6

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 #ff81b8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff81b8; }
.text { color: #ff81b8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff81b8; }

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 #ff81b8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff81b8 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 #ff81b8 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 #ff81b8 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 #ff81b8 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.