Medium violet red

#c51fab

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

Medium violet red is a mid pink, confident and easy to pair. 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 #c51fab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c51fab

RGB197, 31, 171

HSL309, 73%, 45%

HSV309, 84%, 77%

CMYK0%, 84%, 13%, 23%

Lab46.7, 73.43, -35.08

XYZ30.87, 15.79, 39.95

Decimal12918699

Web safe#cc3399

Pantone246 C

Shades of medium violet red

#b41c9c #a31a8d #92177f #811470 #701261 #5f0f52 #4e0c43 #3d0a35 #2b0726 #1a0417

Tints of medium violet red

#dc23bf #e039c6 #e350cc #e767d3 #eb7dda #ee94e0 #f2abe7 #f5c2ed #f9d9f4 #fdf0fb

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#1fc539 Analogous#8c1fc5 Analogous#c51f58 Triadic#abc51f Triadic#1fabc5 Split complementary#58c51f Split complementary#1fc58c

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, 84, 13, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c51fab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 13 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 16 29

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 #c51fab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c51fab; }
.text { color: #c51fab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c51fab; }

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 #c51fab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c51fab 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 #c51fab 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 #c51fab 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 #c51fab are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.