Medium violet red

#aa5294

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

This is Medium violet red, a soft pink at 315 degrees. 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 #aa5294, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa5294

RGB170, 82, 148

HSL315, 35%, 49%

HSV315, 52%, 67%

CMYK0%, 52%, 13%, 33%

Lab47.9, 44.66, -19.86

XYZ24.94, 16.72, 29.93

Decimal11162260

Web safe#996699

Pantone258 C

Shades of medium violet red

#9b4b87 #8c447a #7d3c6d #6e3560 #5f2e53 #502746 #412039 #33182c #24111f #150a12

Tints of medium violet red

#b3619e #bb71a8 #c282b2 #ca92bc #d2a2c6 #dab2d0 #e2c2da #ead3e4 #f1e3ee #f9f3f8

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#52aa68 Analogous#9452aa Analogous#aa5268 Triadic#94aa52 Triadic#5294aa Split complementary#68aa52 Split complementary#52aa94

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, 52, 13, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa5294 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 13 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 16 39

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 #aa5294 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa5294; }
.text { color: #aa5294; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa5294; }

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 #aa5294 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa5294 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 #aa5294 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 #aa5294 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 #aa5294 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.