Pale violet red

#ab647d

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

Pale violet red sits in the pink band, mid and soft. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Pale violet red color values

Every conversion for #ab647d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab647d
RGB171, 100, 125
HSL339, 30%, 53%
HSV339, 42%, 67%
CMYK0%, 42%, 27%, 33%
Lab50.98, 31.87, -1.51
XYZ25.05, 19.25, 21.8
Decimal11232381
Web safe#996666
Pantone688 C
Pantone688 CHex#ab647dRgb171 100 125Cmyk0 42 27 33Lab51 32 -2Darker#532d3aDeep#81465bLighter#c295a5

Shades of pale violet red

Tints of pale violet red

Colors that go with pale violet red

Pale violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 27, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab647d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 42 27 33
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 43 29 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.

Pale violet red in css

Copy #ab647d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab647d; }
.text { color: #ab647d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab647d; }

How pale violet red looks on light and dark

Pale violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ab647d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.33:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.85:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab647d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Pale violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ab647d 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 pale 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 pale violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ab647d and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from pale violet red, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #ab647d 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. 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.