Medium violet red

#a22974

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

Medium violet red is a deep pink, serious and easy to pair. 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 #a22974, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a22974
RGB162, 41, 116
HSL323, 60%, 40%
HSV323, 75%, 64%
CMYK0%, 75%, 28%, 36%
Lab38.77, 55.46, -14.43
XYZ18.85, 10.53, 17.56
Decimal10627444
Web safe#993366
Pantone241 C
Pantone241 CHex#a22974Rgb162 41 116Cmyk0 75 28 36Lab39 55 -14Darker#310c23Deep#691b4bLighter#c84a98

Shades of medium violet red

Tints of medium violet red

Colors that go with medium violet red

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 28, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a22974 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 75 28 36
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 73 30 42
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 #a22974 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a22974; }
.text { color: #a22974; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a22974; }

How medium violet red looks on light and dark

Medium violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a22974 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.76:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.11:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a22974 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 #a22974 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #a22974 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #a22974 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.