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Shades of Pink

Eleven steps of pink from the lightest tint to the darkest shade, all sharing hue 330° and 81% saturation so they work together as a set. Pink is simply light red, but it carries almost none of red’s urgency.

Using a pink ramp in a design system

A ramp like this one is the unit of work in a modern design system. Rather than choosing individual colors for each component, you assign roles to steps: the 50 and 100 steps become backgrounds and hover states, the 200 and 300 steps become borders and dividers, the 500 step is the brand color itself, and the 700 through 900 steps carry text and pressed states.

Because every step here shares a hue and saturation, the resulting interface reads as one coherent surface. The moment you hand-pick a color that sits outside the ramp, it will look subtly wrong even to people who cannot articulate why.

Check the steps you intend to pair before you ship them. The lightest tints will not carry text on white, and the darkest shades will not carry white text at small sizes in every case. Run them through the contrast checker once and record the results.

Pink color palettes

Full palettes built around pink, ready to copy as CSS or Tailwind tokens.

  • Feminine Golden Drift

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    Feminine Golden Drift color palette using #f5ebdd, #d8c2eb, #daa39f, #cf74c7, #aa6980.

  • Sunset Sunlit Meadow

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    Sunset Sunlit Meadow color palette using #f0f8d5, #faa6e3, #e8bb3d, #a83154, #863e1e.

  • Plum Faded Alcove

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    Plum Faded Alcove color palette using #f2dcd9, #bab8d0, #ac758b, #8e4585, #603877.

  • Magenta Velvet Linen

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    Magenta Velvet Linen color palette using #facff7, #8dfb91, #eb1eeb, #ff00ff, #119711.

  • Dreamy Sunlit Signal

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    Dreamy Sunlit Signal color palette using #f5ebee, #d3d9e6, #dfb8da, #9e98c0, #ab74c0.

  • Pastel Deep Orchard

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    Pastel Deep Orchard color palette using #eeeff7, #efe5f7, #eecacc, #d6afd6, #d58eae.

  • Dreamy Dusty Meadow

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    Dreamy Dusty Meadow color palette using #f8e7ec, #d8dee8, #d9bad2, #857cc9, #a27bb1.

  • Elegant Still Linen

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    Elegant Still Linen color palette using #e8e0e0, #b8b9d6, #9e818f, #664184, #5b3759.

See all pink color palettes

Shades of other colors

Shades of pink FAQ

How many shades of pink are there?

In principle there are millions, because a shade is any value along the lightness axis of a hue. In practice a design system needs about eleven steps, which is exactly what this page provides: five tints above the base, the base itself, and five shades below it.

What is the hex code for pink?

The base pink on this page is #ec4899, which is hsl(330, 81%, 60%). Every other swatch keeps the same hue and saturation and varies only lightness, so they all belong together.

What is the difference between a tint, a tone and a shade?

A tint is the color mixed with white, a shade is the color mixed with black, and a tone is the color mixed with grey, which lowers saturation. This page shows tints and shades; use the color mixer if you want tones.

Which shade of pink should I use for text?

Use the darkest swatch that still reads as pink rather than black. On this page that is generally the 800 or 900 step, which reaches 16.31:1 against white.