Medium violet red

#b45f96

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

This is Medium violet red, a soft pink at 321 degrees. 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 #b45f96, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b45f96

RGB180, 95, 150

HSL321, 36%, 54%

HSV321, 47%, 71%

CMYK0%, 47%, 17%, 29%

Lab51.94, 41.51, -14.77

XYZ28.42, 20.09, 31.23

Decimal11820950

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone688 C

Shades of medium violet red

#ab508b #9a487d #894070 #793962 #683155 #572947 #472139 #36192c #25121e #150a11

Tints of medium violet red

#bb6ea0 #c27da9 #c98bb3 #d09abd #d7a9c7 #deb8d0 #e5c6da #ebd5e4 #f2e4ed #f9f3f7

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#5fb47d Analogous#a85fb4 Analogous#b45f6b Triadic#96b45f Triadic#5f96b4 Split complementary#6cb45f Split complementary#5fb4a8

Medium violet red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 47, 17, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b45f96 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 17 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 20 35

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.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #b45f96 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b45f96; }
.text { color: #b45f96; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b45f96; }

How medium violet red looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium violet red and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b45f96 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b45f96 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 #b45f96 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 #b45f96 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b45f96 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.