Pink color palette: 14 shades of pink, with hex codes
Every pink in our 12 seasonal color palettes, from blossom pink to soft raspberry. Tap a color to copy its hex code. Below the list: which pinks suit which season, and what to wear them with.
By Jane MitchellCertified color analystPublished
All 14 pink colors, with hex codes
Lightest first. The line under each name says how many of the 12 seasons wear it.
Which pink colors suit you
The pink shades in each season's palette, most first. The neutral beside each is one from the same season to wear with them.
Light Summer 4 shades
powder pink, dusty rose, rose pink and soft raspberry. Wear with soft white (#F4F1EC).
Light Spring 3 shades
blossom pink, warm rose and salmon. Wear with ivory (#F6EFE2).
Bright Spring 2 shades
clear pink and hot pink. Wear with dark warm brown (#3E2723).
True Summer 2 shades
soft rose and dusty pink. Wear with soft white (#F0EFEC).
Bright Winter 2 shades
icy pink and hot pink. Wear with true black (#212121).
True Spring 1 shade
camellia. Wear with cream (#F2E6CE).
Soft Autumn 1 shade
soft plum rose. Wear with soft olive brown (#57503F).
Deep Winter 1 shade
icy pink. Wear with true black (#1C1C1C).
True Winter 1 shade
icy pink. Wear with true black (#000000).
3 seasons have no pink by our rule. That is data, not a gap: those palettes do not use pink.
Warm and cool pinks
A pink is warm or cool by the seasons that wear it: Springs and Autumns are warm, Summers and Winters cool.
Warm only (6)
- Blossom pink#F7C6D9
- Warm rose#FFA6BE
- Salmon#FF9E93
- Clear pink#FF80AB
- Soft plum rose#B58F9E
- Camellia#F06292
Cool only (7)
- Powder pink#F2C4D0
- Icy pink#F8BBD0
- Dusty rose#E5A9BC
- Soft rose#E091AE
- Rose pink#D98BA5
- Dusty pink#C97B9B
Worn by both (1)
- Hot pink#FF4081
Pink outfit ideas
Three outfits, one from each of the seasons that hold the most of this color: a main piece, a second color and a neutral, all from that season's own palette.
Light Summer
Soft raspberry as the main piece, powder pink as the second color, soft white for shoes and bag.
Light Spring
Salmon as the main piece, blossom pink as the second color, ivory for shoes and bag.
Bright Spring
Hot pink as the main piece, clear pink as the second color, dark warm brown for shoes and bag.
Using this pink palette for a design
For a website, a room or a brand, copy the hex codes from the list above. The shades of one season already work together, so a set taken from one season card reads as a planned palette. For a calmer base, add shades from the pastel color palette or the red color palette. To see one of these colors next to every other color, use colors that go with every color. For ready combinations, see three colors that look good together.
How we picked the shades
We pooled the wearable palette and the neutrals of all 12 seasons on this site, 271 different colors, and measured each in CIELAB: lightness (L*), chroma (C*, how strong the color is) and hue angle. A shade is in this palette when it is a hue angle from 340° to 40° with L* 55 or more and C* 15 or more, so blush, rose, coral-pink, fuchsia and hot pink count. A shade named red, brick, terracotta, rust or poppy stays out.
No shade is typed by hand, and no paint or fashion brand is used. The same shade can be in two palettes, for example a light pink in both the pink and the pastel palette.
What this page cannot do
This page shows which seasons wear each pink. It cannot tell you which season you are: that depends on your own skin, hair and eyes, in good light. Our free analysis reads them from one selfie, in your browser, and gives you your own palette with every pink that suits you.
How this is different from other color analysis tools
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Your photo stays on your device
Many photo apps upload your selfie and read it on their server (see our comparison). Ours measures it in your browser. There is no upload.
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The result is free
Your season and palette, with no account and no email. At least one app in our comparison takes payment before you see any result.
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A close call says so
Every result names the runner-up season and how close the call was. Borderline is a result we print.
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We publish our accuracy
We tuned the method on faces that experts had labelled by season, then tested it on 410 celebrity photos we collected. The results, misses included.
Questions
What colors are in a pink color palette?
Our pink color palette holds 14 shades from the 12 seasonal palettes, among them blossom pink, powder pink, icy pink, warm rose, dusty rose and salmon. Each one has its hex code on this page.
Which color season looks best in pink?
Light Summer holds the most pink shades of the 12 seasons (4), followed by Light Spring (3) and Bright Spring (2). By family, Summer leads. 3 of the 12 seasons have no pink shade by our rule.
What colors go with pink?
Each season pairs its pinks with its own neutrals. For Light Summer that is soft white. For a design, pastel and red shades from the same seasons sit well beside it.
What are the hex codes for pink colors?
For example blossom pink #F7C6D9, powder pink #F2C4D0, icy pink #F8BBD0, warm rose #FFA6BE and dusty rose #E5A9BC. All 14 are listed at the top of this page, and one tap copies a code.
What you can do on this page
This page is a pink color palette of 14 named shades, each with its hex code and a one-tap copy, taken from the 12 seasonal color palettes on this site by a stated CIELAB rule. It shows which pinks each season wears with a neutral to pair, splits the shades into warm, cool and both, and builds three outfits from the seasons that hold the most. The free photo analysis finds a season from one selfie in the browser, with no upload and no account.
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