Pink
Pink, a pale shade of red, is one of 140 named HTML colors that browsers recognize. The color pink was named for a flower called pinks. The color is associated with politeness, femininity, childhood, romance, and sweetness.
Color Codes
| COLOR NAME | Pink |
| HEX CODE | #FFC0CB |
| RGB | 255, 192, 203 |
| HSL | 350°, 25%, 100% |
How to Use HTML Colors
HTML color names can be used with inline HTML styles or in a separate CSS stylesheet, just as you would use hex color codes.
HTML
<!-- In your HTML document -->
<body>
<h1 style="color:Pink">Pink Title Text</h1>
<p style="color:IndianRed">Indian red paragraph text</p>
</body>
CSS
/* In your .css stylesheet */
h1 { color: Pink; }
p { color: SlateGray; }
Variations of the Color Pink
- Light pink is also an HTML color is written as “lightpink” This color is a little baffling because when you type in the hex code, the color is slightly deeper, not a lighter, tint of pink.
- Hot Pink is also a web color written as “hotpink” This colored triangle also became synonymous with the gay rights movement of the 1970s.
- Deep Pink is written as deeppink for HTML.
Light Pink #FFB6C1
Hot Pink #FF69B4
Champagne Pink #F1DDCF
Web Safe Version of Pink
Web safe colors read the same across all browsers. There are 216 colors that are in the standard web safe palette.
| HEX #FFCCCC | RGB 258, 204, 204 | HSL 0, 20%, 100% |
#FFCCCC
Pink Paint Colors
Calamine 230
Rose Sorbet 150 A-2 by Behr
Rosy Outlook SW 6316 Sherwin Williams
