Medium violet red

#c8396d

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, grounded 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 #c8396d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8396d

RGB200, 57, 109

HSL338, 57%, 50%

HSV338, 72%, 78%

CMYK0%, 72%, 45%, 22%

Lab47.38, 59.68, 3.43

XYZ28.04, 16.31, 16.14

Decimal13121901

Web safe#cc3366

Pantone226 C

Shades of medium violet red

#b73363 #a62e5a #942950 #822446 #711f3d #5f1a33 #4d152a #3b1020 #2a0c17 #18070d

Tints of medium violet red

#cd4b7b #d25e88 #d77096 #dc83a3 #e295b1 #e7a7be #ecbacc #f1ccda #f6dfe7 #fbf1f5

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#39c894 Analogous#c839b4 Analogous#c84d39 Triadic#6dc839 Triadic#396dc8 Split complementary#39c84d Split complementary#39b4c8

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 72, 45, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8396d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 45 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 45 28

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 #c8396d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8396d; }
.text { color: #c8396d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8396d; }

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 #c8396d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8396d 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 #c8396d 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 #c8396d 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 #c8396d 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. 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.