Medium violet red

#af499d

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #af499d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#af499d

RGB175, 73, 157

HSL311, 41%, 49%

HSV311, 58%, 69%

CMYK0%, 58%, 10%, 31%

Lab47.38, 51.99, -25.96

XYZ26.15, 16.31, 33.67

Decimal11487645

Web safe#993399

Pantone258 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a0438f #903c81 #813674 #722f66 #622958 #53234a #441c3d #34162f #250f21 #160913

Tints of medium violet red

#b957a8 #c069b1 #c77aba #cf8bc3 #d69ccc #ddadd5 #e4bfde #ebd0e7 #f3e1ef #faf2f8

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#49af5b Analogous#8e49af Analogous#af496a Triadic#9daf49 Triadic#499daf Split complementary#6aaf49 Split complementary#49af8e

Medium violet red in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 58, 10, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #af499d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 58 10 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 57 13 37

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium violet red in css

Copy #af499d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #af499d; }
.text { color: #af499d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #af499d; }

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 #af499d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #af499d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium violet red on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #af499d 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium violet red into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #af499d 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 #af499d are worked out. 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.