Medium violet red

#ab2c8a

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. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #ab2c8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab2c8a

RGB171, 44, 138

HSL316, 59%, 42%

HSV316, 74%, 67%

CMYK0%, 74%, 19%, 33%

Lab41.68, 59.68, -23.42

XYZ22.28, 12.29, 25.24

Decimal11218058

Web safe#993399

Pantone247 C

Shades of medium violet red

#9c287e #8e2472 #7f2166 #701d5b #62194f #531543 #441237 #360e2b #270a1f #180614

Tints of medium violet red

#c1329c #ce40a9 #d457b3 #d96dbd #df83c7 #e599d1 #eaafdb #f0c5e5 #f6dbef #fbf1f9

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#2cab4d Analogous#8c2cab Analogous#ab2c4a Triadic#8aab2c Triadic#2c8aab Split complementary#4bab2c Split complementary#2cab8c

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, 19, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab2c8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 19 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 21 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #ab2c8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab2c8a; }
.text { color: #ab2c8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab2c8a; }

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 #ab2c8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab2c8a 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 #ab2c8a 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 #ab2c8a 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 #ab2c8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.