Medium violet red

#ca4f9e

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, mid and soft. 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 #ca4f9e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca4f9e

RGB202, 79, 158

HSL321, 54%, 55%

HSV321, 61%, 79%

CMYK0%, 61%, 22%, 21%

Lab52.53, 57.19, -18.29

XYZ33.32, 20.62, 34.57

Decimal13258654

Web safe#cc6699

Pantone2385 C

Shades of medium violet red

#c43c93 #b13585 #9e3077 #8b2a68 #78245a #641e4b #51183d #3e132f #2b0d20 #180712

Tints of medium violet red

#cf5fa7 #d46fb0 #d980b9 #de90c2 #e2a0cb #e7b0d4 #ecc1dd #f1d1e6 #f6e1ee #fbf1f7

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#4fca7b Analogous#b94fca Analogous#ca4f61 Triadic#9eca4f Triadic#4f9eca Split complementary#61ca4f Split complementary#4fcab9

Medium violet red in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 61, 22, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca4f9e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 22 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 24 27

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 #ca4f9e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca4f9e; }
.text { color: #ca4f9e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca4f9e; }

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 #ca4f9e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca4f9e 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 #ca4f9e 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 #ca4f9e 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 #ca4f9e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.