Medium violet red

#a42b54

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 #a42b54, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a42b54

RGB164, 43, 84

HSL340, 58%, 41%

HSV340, 74%, 64%

CMYK0%, 74%, 49%, 36%

Lab38.31, 51.85, 5.14

XYZ17.77, 10.26, 9.43

Decimal10758996

Web safe#993366

Pantone220 C

Shades of medium violet red

#96274d #882446 #7a203f #6c1c37 #5e1930 #501529 #421122 #340e1b #260a14 #18060c

Tints of medium violet red

#bb3160 #cc3c6d #d2537e #d8698f #de80a0 #e496b1 #eaadc2 #efc4d3 #f5dae3 #fbf1f4

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#2ba47b Analogous#a42b90 Analogous#a43f2b Triadic#54a42b Triadic#2b54a4 Split complementary#2ba43f Split complementary#2b90a4

Medium violet red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 49, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a42b54 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 49 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 49 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #a42b54 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a42b54; }
.text { color: #a42b54; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a42b54; }

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 #a42b54 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a42b54 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a42b54 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a42b54 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a42b54 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.