Medium violet red

#a12261

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 strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #a12261, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a12261

RGB161, 34, 97

HSL330, 65%, 38%

HSV330, 79%, 63%

CMYK0%, 79%, 40%, 37%

Lab37.09, 55.24, -5.0

XYZ17.43, 9.58, 12.24

Decimal10560097

Web safe#993366

Pantone234 C

Shades of medium violet red

#931f59 #861c51 #781948 #6b1740 #5d1438 #501130 #420e28 #340b20 #270817 #19050f

Tints of medium violet red

#ba2770 #d22c7f #d8458d #dd5d9c #e276ab #e78eba #eca7c9 #f2bfd8 #f7d8e7 #fcf0f6

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#22a162 Analogous#a122a1 Analogous#a12322 Triadic#61a122 Triadic#2261a1 Split complementary#22a123 Split complementary#22a1a1

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 40, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a12261 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 40 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 41 43

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 #a12261 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a12261; }
.text { color: #a12261; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a12261; }

How medium violet red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a12261 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a12261 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 #a12261 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 #a12261 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

Every value on this page for #a12261 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.