Medium violet red

#9c408e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for medium violet red, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Medium violet red sits in the pink band, deep and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #9c408e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c408e

RGB156, 64, 142

HSL309, 42%, 43%

HSV309, 59%, 61%

CMYK0%, 59%, 9%, 39%

Lab42.29, 48.25, -25.1

XYZ20.43, 12.69, 26.96

Decimal10240142

Web safe#993399

Pantone258 C

Shades of medium violet red

#8f3a82 #813576 #742f69 #662a5d #592451 #4b1f45 #3e1938 #31142c #230e20 #160914

Tints of medium violet red

#af48a0 #ba58ab #c26bb5 #ca7fbf #d292c8 #daa5d2 #e2b8dc #eacce5 #f2dfef #faf2f9

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#409c4e Analogous#7c409c Analogous#9c4060 Triadic#8e9c40 Triadic#408e9c Split complementary#609c40 Split complementary#409c7c

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 59, 9, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c408e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 59 9 39

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 58 12 45

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #9c408e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c408e; }
.text { color: #9c408e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c408e; }

How medium violet red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9c408e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c408e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9c408e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium violet red? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9c408e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium violet red, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9c408e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.