Medium violet red

#bc218d

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 #bc218d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc218d

RGB188, 33, 141

HSL318, 70%, 43%

HSV318, 82%, 74%

CMYK0%, 82%, 25%, 26%

Lab43.8, 67.18, -21.71

XYZ26.09, 13.7, 26.47

Decimal12329357

Web safe#cc3399

Pantone2395 C

Shades of medium violet red

#ac1e81 #9c1b75 #8b1869 #7b165c #6b1350 #5b1044 #4b0d38 #3a0a2c #2a0720 #1a0514

Tints of medium violet red

#d3259e #dc37aa #e04eb4 #e465be #e87cc7 #ec94d1 #f0abdb #f4c2e5 #f8d9ef #fcf0f9

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#21bc50 Analogous#9e21bc Analogous#bc213f Triadic#8dbc21 Triadic#218dbc Split complementary#40bc21 Split complementary#21bc9e

Medium violet red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 82, 25, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc218d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 25 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 27 32

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 #bc218d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc218d; }
.text { color: #bc218d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc218d; }

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 #bc218d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc218d 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 #bc218d 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 #bc218d 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

Every value on this page for #bc218d is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.