Medium violet red

#b20c8a

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 vivid. 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 #b20c8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b20c8a

RGB178, 12, 138

HSL314, 87%, 37%

HSV314, 93%, 70%

CMYK0%, 93%, 22%, 30%

Lab40.51, 68.34, -25.13

XYZ23.08, 11.56, 25.06

Decimal11668618

Web safe#990099

Pantone247 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a30b7e #940a73 #850967 #76085c #670750 #580645 #490539 #3b042d #2c0322 #1d0216

Tints of medium violet red

#ce0ea0 #eb10b6 #f128c0 #f244c8 #f461d1 #f67dd9 #f899e1 #fab6ea #fcd2f2 #feeefa

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#0cb234 Analogous#870cb2 Analogous#b20c37 Triadic#8ab20c Triadic#0c8ab2 Split complementary#37b20c Split complementary#0cb287

Medium violet red in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 93, 22, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b20c8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 93 22 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 90 24 36

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 #b20c8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b20c8a; }
.text { color: #b20c8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b20c8a; }

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 #b20c8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b20c8a 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 #b20c8a 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 #b20c8a 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

Here is how the numbers for #b20c8a are worked out. 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.