Medium violet red

#cb3aaa

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 strong. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #cb3aaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb3aaa

RGB203, 58, 170

HSL314, 58%, 51%

HSV314, 71%, 80%

CMYK0%, 71%, 16%, 20%

Lab50.25, 67.29, -28.86

XYZ33.4, 18.62, 39.86

Decimal13318826

Web safe#cc3399

Pantone2385 C

Shades of medium violet red

#bc329d #aa2d8e #98287e #86236f #731e60 #611a51 #4f1542 #3d1033 #2a0b23 #180614

Tints of medium violet red

#d04cb2 #d55fba #d971c2 #de83ca #e395d1 #e8a8d9 #edbae1 #f2cce9 #f6dff1 #fbf1f9

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#3acb5b Analogous#a33acb Analogous#cb3a62 Triadic#aacb3a Triadic#3aaacb Split complementary#62cb3a Split complementary#3acba3

Medium violet red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 71, 16, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb3aaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 16 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 19 26

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 #cb3aaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb3aaa; }
.text { color: #cb3aaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb3aaa; }

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 #cb3aaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb3aaa 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 #cb3aaa 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 #cb3aaa 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 #cb3aaa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.