Pantone Pink Colors
228 colors in the pink family
Pantone Pink spans the warm spectrum from bright neon pink like Pantone 812 C through classic Barbie pink like Pantone 219 C and soft dusty rose tones such as Pantone 693 C. Our catalog includes 228 pink-family colors, each with a unique code, HEX value, and CMYK print equivalent.
| Total colors | 228 |
|---|---|
| Hue range | 310° to 345° |
| Lightness range | 19% to 89% |
| Saturation range | 10% to 100% |
| Light / Medium / Dark | 74 / 105 / 49 |
Featured Pantone Pink colors
Twelve well-known pink codes with full values, shades, harmonies and contrast checks on each color page.
Pantone Pink shades by lightness
Pink-family colors break naturally into three lightness bands. Light pinks - baby pink, blush, powder pink - sit above 65 percent lightness and read as soft and romantic. Medium pinks - hot pink, classic Barbie pink, and the recognizable brand pinks - sit between 35 and 65 percent lightness and carry the bulk of the family's visual weight. Dark pinks - magenta, deep rose, and near-burgundy pinks - sit below 35 percent lightness and read as sophisticated, dramatic, or premium.
How to match Pantone Pink in design
Matching Pantone pink in design starts with deciding what kind of pink you actually want - the word covers an enormous range from baby pink to hot magenta - and then choosing the right lightness band for the role. Light pinks work as gentle accents and background washes. Medium pinks carry brand weight and are the pink most people picture. Dark pinks act as warm neutrals that can replace red or burgundy in sophisticated palettes. For digital work, pink translates well from HEX to RGB across most displays, but be aware that hot pinks look cooler on some OLED screens than on LCD. For print, most pinks are CMYK-reproducible, but vivid hot pinks and the fluorescent 800-series family require spot inks - the neon pinks in particular cannot be approximated in CMYK at all.
Common mistakes with Pantone Pink
Using pink for gendered branding without considering the audience - pink's association with femininity is culturally specific and has weakened significantly, so test assumptions with the actual target demographic
Assuming a bright hot pink will print as vividly as it appears on screen - process pinks often look noticeably duller than their screen equivalents
Using Pantone 812 C in CMYK - the 800-series "neon" family are fluorescent inks that cannot be reproduced with process CMYK
Mixing warm (coral) and cool (magenta) pinks without a neutral bridge - the two feel disconnected without an intermediate tone
Choosing pink for children's products without considering that pink-averse children exist - the modern approach is to use pink as part of a wider palette rather than as a gender signal
All 228 Pantone Pink colors
Every color in this family, from pale tints to deep shades. Open any color for HEX, RGB, CMYK, shades, harmonies and contrast checks.
Questions about Pantone Pink
What is the most popular Pantone pink?
Pantone 219 C is the most culturally recognizable Pantone pink - it is the officially cited closest match to Barbie pink and appears in countless cosmetics and fashion contexts. Pantone 1895 C is the most widely specified soft pink for cosmetics packaging. Pantone 700 C is the most common deep magenta-pink for premium brand work. Pantone 677 C and Pantone 693 C are the most specified dusty rose pinks of the 2020s.
What is the Pantone code for Barbie pink?
Pantone 219 C is the officially cited closest Pantone match to Barbie pink - the brand color of the Barbie doll line. It was used extensively in promotional materials for the 2023 Barbie film and is one of the most recognizable hot pinks in the Pantone system. Its HEX approximation is roughly #E0218A. Mattel owns the Barbie brand color specification, but 219 C is the closest published Pantone reference.
What is the difference between pink and magenta?
In strict color science terms, magenta is a spectral color at the red-blue intersection (roughly 300 degrees in HSL) and pink is a lighter tint of magenta or red. In Pantone terms, "magenta" codes (like Pantone 675 C) are deeper and cooler than "pink" codes (like Pantone 219 C). In everyday design usage the two overlap heavily - many Pantone pinks are visually indistinguishable from some Pantone magentas - so the family boundary is somewhat arbitrary.
How many Pantone pinks are there?
The Pantone Matching System includes more than 250 pink-family colors across its Solid Coated and Solid Uncoated libraries. Our catalog shows 228 of them, filterable by lightness band. The exact count depends on where you draw the boundary with red, purple, and magenta - several codes could reasonably be classified as either pink or one of the neighboring families.
Can neon pink be printed with CMYK?
No. The Pantone 800-series neon pinks - including Pantone 812 C and Pantone 806 C - are fluorescent inks that cannot be reproduced with process CMYK. Fluorescent pigments absorb UV light and re-emit it in the visible spectrum, which is a physical property that CMYK inks do not share. If your design requires a neon pink, you must specify a spot fluorescent ink or accept that the printed result will be a duller approximation.