Medium violet red

#b21189

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

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #b21189, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b21189

RGB178, 17, 137

HSL315, 83%, 38%

HSV315, 90%, 70%

CMYK0%, 90%, 23%, 30%

Lab40.69, 67.57, -24.24

XYZ23.08, 11.67, 24.7

Decimal11669897

Web safe#990099

Pantone247 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a3107d #940e72 #850d66 #760b5b #670a4f #580844 #490738 #3a062d #2b0421 #1c0315

Tints of medium violet red

#cd149e #e816b3 #eb31bc #ee4cc5 #f067cd #f382d6 #f69ddf #f8b8e8 #fbd4f1 #fdeffa

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#11b23a Analogous#8b11b2 Analogous#b21138 Triadic#89b211 Triadic#1189b2 Split complementary#38b211 Split complementary#11b28a

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, 90, 23, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b21189 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 90 23 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 87 25 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #b21189 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b21189; }
.text { color: #b21189; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b21189; }

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 #b21189 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b21189 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 #b21189 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 #b21189 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 #b21189 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.