Medium violet red

#b437a4

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

Medium violet red color values

Every conversion for #b437a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b437a4

RGB180, 55, 164

HSL308, 53%, 46%

HSV308, 69%, 71%

CMYK0%, 69%, 9%, 29%

Lab45.79, 61.89, -32.55

XYZ26.89, 15.12, 36.62

Decimal11810724

Web safe#cc3399

Pantone253 C

Shades of medium violet red

#a43296 #952d87 #852979 #75246b #661f5d #561a4e #461640 #371132 #270c24 #170715

Tints of medium violet red

#c540b4 #cb54bb #d167c3 #d77bcb #dd8fd3 #e3a3db #e9b6e2 #efcaea #f5def2 #fbf1fa

Colors that go with medium violet red

Complementary#37b447 Analogous#8637b4 Analogous#b43765 Triadic#a4b437 Triadic#37a4b4 Split complementary#65b437 Split complementary#37b486

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, 69, 9, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b437a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 9 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 12 35

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 #b437a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b437a4; }
.text { color: #b437a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b437a4; }

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 #b437a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b437a4 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 #b437a4 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 #b437a4 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

Every value on this page for #b437a4 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.