Hot pink
Fun and confidence, like a neon sign.
About hot pink
Hot pink tends to suggest fun and confidence, like a neon sign. It feels playful and impossible to miss.
- What color is hot pink?
- Hot pink is a bright, playful pink with a touch of purple. Its hex code is #FF69B4.
- Is hot pink warm or cool?
- Both, a little: red-violet sits right at the line between the warm half of the color wheel and the cool half, so it can read as either, depending on what is beside it. On its own, hot pink leans warm. It is a light color, value 7 of 10, and its opposite is leaf. More in warm and cool colors.
- Value and codes
- Value 7 of 10, in the red-violet family. RGB 255, 105, 180. OKLCH 72.8% 0.197 352.0.
Where to use hot pink
In a room
A cushion, a vase or a neon print. Best in small doses against white.
In an outfit
A bag, shoes or one bold dress. It loves black, white and orange.
In art
A loud accent for flowers, posters and pop color.
In design
Too pale for text on white, at 2.6 to 1. Use it as a background instead: dark text on it reads well, at 6.0 to 1.
What hot pink pairs with
- Tangerine
Bright orange, for a warm clash.
- Turquoise
A cool, sunny contrast.
- Gunmetal
A dark gray that sharpens it.
- Butter
A soft yellow that keeps it cheerful.
The opposite of hot pink: Leaf #83A14C
Opposite hot pink on the color wheel sits leaf. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Side by side
Hot pink around leaf
Leaf around hot pink
Often confused with hot pink
How to mix hot pink in paint
- 9 parts
titanium white - 1 part
primary magenta
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics. This is a calculated mix and a close starting point, so adjust by eye as you go. It needs a more specialist color. Practice in our Paint Mixer game.
Hot pink tints, tones and shades
Tints
Tones
Shades
Tap a color to copy its code. A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. More in tints, tones and shades.
Colors similar to hot pink
Hot pink inspiration
Outfits
Find your own colors
Add the pictures you love to Color Taste to see which colors they share, or make a palette from one photo in Image to Palette.