Medium violet red

#af1a8a

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 #af1a8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af1a8a

RGB175, 26, 138

HSL315, 74%, 39%

HSV315, 85%, 69%

CMYK0%, 85%, 21%, 31%

Lab40.72, 65.46, -24.86

XYZ22.64, 11.69, 25.11

Decimal11475594

Web safe#993399

Pantone247 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a0187e #911673 #821367 #74115b #650f50 #560d44 #470b38 #38082c #290621 #1b0415

Tints of medium violet red

#c81e9e #df25b0 #e23eba #e657c3 #ea71cc #ee8ad5 #f1a3de #f5bde7 #f9d6f0 #fdeff9

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#1aaf3f Analogous#8a1aaf Analogous#af1a3f Triadic#8aaf1a Triadic#1a8aaf Split complementary#3faf1a Split complementary#1aaf8a

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 21, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af1a8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 21 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 23 37

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #af1a8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af1a8a; }
.text { color: #af1a8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af1a8a; }

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 #af1a8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af1a8a 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 #af1a8a 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 #af1a8a 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 #af1a8a 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 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.