Medium violet red

#b81c64

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 strong. 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 #b81c64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b81c64

RGB184, 28, 100

HSL332, 74%, 42%

HSV332, 85%, 72%

CMYK0%, 85%, 46%, 28%

Lab41.12, 63.01, -0.44

XYZ22.48, 11.94, 13.18

Decimal12065892

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone227 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a81a5b #991753 #89154a #791242 #691039 #5a0e31 #4a0b28 #3a0920 #2a0617 #1b040e

Tints of medium violet red

#d02071 #df2d7f #e3458e #e65e9d #ea76ac #ee8eba #f2a7c9 #f5bfd8 #f9d7e7 #fdf0f6

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#1cb870 Analogous#b81cb2 Analogous#b8221c Triadic#64b81c Triadic#1c64b8 Split complementary#1cb822 Split complementary#1cb2b8

Medium violet red in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 46, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b81c64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 46 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 46 34

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 #b81c64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b81c64; }
.text { color: #b81c64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b81c64; }

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 #b81c64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b81c64 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 #b81c64 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 #b81c64 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 #b81c64 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.