Medium violet red

#b50f60

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 vivid pink at 331 degrees. 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 #b50f60, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b50f60

RGB181, 15, 96

HSL331, 85%, 38%

HSV331, 92%, 71%

CMYK0%, 92%, 47%, 29%

Lab39.6, 64.24, -0.21

XYZ21.34, 11.01, 12.07

Decimal11865952

Web safe#cc0066

Pantone227 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a60e58 #960c50 #870b48 #780a40 #690937 #59072f #4a0627 #3b051f #2c0417 #1c020f

Tints of medium violet red

#d0116f #ec147d #ee2f8c #f04a9b #f266aa #f581b9 #f79cc9 #f9b8d8 #fbd3e7 #feeff6

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#0fb564 Analogous#b50fb3 Analogous#b5110f Triadic#60b50f Triadic#0f60b5 Split complementary#0fb511 Split complementary#0fb3b5

Medium violet red in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 92, 47, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b50f60 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 92 47 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 89 47 35

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 #b50f60 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b50f60; }
.text { color: #b50f60; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b50f60; }

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 #b50f60 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b50f60 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 #b50f60 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 #b50f60 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 #b50f60 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.