Hot Pink Color

#ff028d

Hot Pink is vivid, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #00fd72
Complementary Color #01ff74
Color Shade: warm magenta (327.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.39% (better contrasting with white)
Hot Pink Color Sample
Hot Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff028d

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Hot Pink Color. The Vampire Love Story color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Magenta Elephant (#de0170) for more calm effect. Try Bourgeois as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#01ff74 is the best complementary color to Hot Pink. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff028d complementary color is Spring Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Rose are #f201ff and #ff010e. Thus found on the left and right of #ff028d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Electric Violet and Red colors as they work well with Hot Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hot Pink palette consists of #01fff2 and #0eff01 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#01ff74). Try Cyan / Aqua and Green colors in combination with #ff028d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #ff028d offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hot Pink. Thus Azure Radiance and Chartreuse giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hot Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Green, Yellow, and Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff028d square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Hot Pink tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#01ff74) and two others. The Chartreuse is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Electric Violet – 120° from the complementary Spring Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8cff01 and #7401ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff028d is made of 64% red, 1% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Hot Pink has a hue angle of 327.04°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff028d is made of 0% cyan, 99.22% magenta, 44.71% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff028d
RGB Decimal rgb(255,2,141)
RGB Percentage 64%, 1%, 35%
CMYK 0, 99.22, 44.71, 0
HSL hsl(327.04,100%,50.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(327.04,99.22%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.3049,85.4122,-3.1044)
XYZ xyz(46.0694,23.2265,27.2543)
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